My winxp has been locked by microsoft, :-<
 

When I updated my winxp to SP2, everything is OK, but after I restarted my computer, I can not log in, It always ask me to activate, anybody have a good way to bypass it? Thanks a lot!

Goto store and buy it :eek:

Start WinXP in save mode and try to uninstall the service pack...
This will probably only work if you have selected to backup
files in the SP setup...

to backup the system fully before a major updates is clever idea, even if you had bought it oficially. just my 0.02�.

Why on earth would you update your Windows XP from Microsoft unless it's legit? if you have a non-legit version you use a non-legit patch. In other words leave "windowsupdate"the fuck alone when using non-legit software from MS$.

Do you want Windows XP SP2? do a small search at this site and dld the fooker.
hxxp://www.packetnews.com/search.php?kw=windows+xp+sp2&type=0

Personally i hate Windows XP and will never use it at home. Windows 2000 Is soo much better. Just my to cents anyway...


:nulli

The way of bypassing XP's WPA by patching WINLOGON.EXE is well known.
I don't know if it works on the SP2 WINLOGON;if it doesn't work, try to substitute the new version of WINLOGON with the old one.
Hope it helps

windows xp sp2 is still unofficially released, so what you got may be a beta, or some release candidates.

when beta testing softwares (especially service packs), try to do it on a different computer first before applying it to your "main" computer. but that's for the "next time".

at the moment, you may try to use the recovery function in the windows xp installer to bring your system back to the old system files. warning: results are unpredictable.

Ive been locked/my computer fucked before when i updated to sp1. I had to format, but lucky for me i found a download for a slipstreamed sp1 xp pro.
Yeah, if i do decided to move to sp2 i am going to back every little thing up, because even when stuff is legit weird shit can happen :o

citation:

"Changes to any one of the ten components or serial numbers that this file watches are logged. When three changes have been made the wpa.dbl file is deleted forcing the user to contact Microsoft to reactivate the software."

XP activation items
network card address
graphics card ID number
CPU serial number
SCSI host adapter number
IDE controller number
hard disk serial number
CPU type
Ram size
Volume ID
CD-Rom serial number

Before make changes on configuration backup the file wpa.dbl

hi,

best choice is to image your drive before the update, (Acronis true image rox)
that way when things go south you can restore your original setup


Best wishes
R@dier

Thank Peter[Pan] for your PM and your smart method, now I can log in my xp, if not you, I may have to reinstall my xp.

Why not share what he told you to do to fix it? Someone else may have the same problem.

Regards,

Message from Peter[Pan]:

WinXP Activation Keys

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T8XKT-47XKR-F3PXD-VVHTY-M6VFY
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My reply:
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Thank you for your information, but the problem is, I can not log in winxp, It's always pop an activation windows, there are three options:
1. yes, let's activate windows over internet now,
2, yes, I want to telphone a custom service representative to activate windows
3. no, log me off

for option 1, because I still have not configured my internet settings, so I can not access internet.


It seems only options 2 I can used to activate winodws, but a confirmation ID is reqired.

Any good idea?


Message from Peter[Pan]:

Re: WinXP Activation Keys

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Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows, and then click Next
Click Change Product Key (at the bottom)

use one of the keys i gave you, then click update.

So 640 Corp keys come to work again? :)

So you're telling me that by inputting that corp key AFTER the installation and subsiquent lockout by SP2 on your system, windows didn't require activation anymore? Are you sure the built in Grace period simply just hasn't been reset? Are you getting the "** days left for activation" messages or are you "fully activated" now?

Furthermore, are you able to do windows updates now?

What I know, the VLK version didn't need any activation methode.
But, when the "known" ID is detected, Windows just act weird and need to be activated, again. The easy way is to change the serial #. What Peter[Pan] told is the way to change it with the proper key.

I tried a little program called "Win XP Activator Crack" that makes Windows believe that it's activated. It worked!

I was also able to update. Dont know about the efficiency of this crack.

Regards

be careful use "640" serials

Yes for SP2 you need a 640 PID. In SP1, Windows XP will fail to install on installations of Windows with one of the following product IDs: XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX and XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX and the corporate version beginning with FCKGW. Now it looks like any keys without a 640 PID will fail. Using MSkey4in1 (google) you can easily generate a 640 PID. But when using or generating a 640 key make sure you don't fall into the already banned SP1 range.

what about XXXXX-642-0645805-XXXXX product ids?
my key begins with YVGKQ. seems to work

I have heard some people installing with a 642 and 648, Some keys fall in that range. But here is the basis of the keys. (I am using someone elses explanation) If you use pirated or legit xp pro vlks check your product ID and your xp product code will look something like this: 55274-64X-XXXXXXX-XXXXX. Look at the ID as this: AAAAA-BBB-CCCCCCC-DDEEE. A is the product code. BBB is a significant number to the private key. C is the least significant of the private key. DD is the private algorithm key used to verify the 25 digit key. EEE is a random digit that changes each install, this is how activation remains random. BBB-CCCCCCC is your hidden product id, which will be within the above stated range if you use a legit microsoft created key. So some xp keys in the 64x range work just out of random luck but if you do not own a legit XP, the safest bet is to look for MSkey4in1 and gen a new 640 key.

Edit: It seems that issued keys from MS are 640-0005xxx to 640-0006xxx so when using MSkey to gen a key choose Windows XP Pro VLK and set the range as 640-500 to 640-600.

Here is the already BLOCKED PID Range in Windows XP/Home SP2.

XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX
XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX
XXXXX-640-643718x-23XXX
XXXXX-641-309376x-23XXX
XXXXX-642-064580x-23XXX
XXXXX-642-464364x-23XXX
XXXXX-643-334701x-23XXX
XXXXX-644-081772x-23XXX
XXXXX-644-451265x-23XXX
XXXXX-644-874896x-23XXX
XXXXX-644-933704x-23XXX
XXXXX-644-962396x-23XXX
XXXXX-645-833254x-23XXX
XXXXX-645-994962x-23XXX
XXXXX-646-031843x-23XXX
XXXXX-646-104081x-23XXX
XXXXX-646-105103x-23XXX
XXXXX-647-318838x-23XXX
XXXXX-647-592029x-23XXX
XXXXX-647-677834x-23XXX
XXXXX-648-301691x-23XXX
XXXXX-648-819992x-23XXX
XXXXX-649-106765x-23XXX
XXXXX-649-941392x-23XXX
XXXXX-650-292312x-23XXX

[courtasy of wzor, iexbeta, n1n0r... and beyond? :eek: :D ]

Gosh. That list has a rather striking resemblance to the one posted on Worz.net yesterday. ;)

Regards,

Which was first posted on iexbeta about 2 weeks ago. :) I think it is safe to assume that now everyone here knows what to change their key to, and how to do it.

And some of us actually have a legitimate key that doesn't need changing. :eek: Sometimes one can even talk M$ into giving a "real" key. ;)

And gabri3l, the thread on ieXbeta may have been "started" on May 23, 2004, but the list they show there (as seen above) was posted by qapman on July 15, 2004 with a clickable link to the Worz.net page that was posted on July 14th. Credit should go where credit is due and if c4p0ne got it from there, or some other place, credit for the source should be mentioned. One would assume even Worz.net got it somewhere. ;)


Regards,

I was looking at this thread. hxxp://board.iexbeta.com/ibf10/index.php?showtopic=43587 But you raise an interesting point. I wonder where the list came from in the first place. :confused:

gabri3l: You are indeed correct about your earlier statement that ieXbeta seems to have had "the list" first. :eek: I just did a quick search and found this thread:

http://board.iexbeta.com/ibf10/index.php?showtopic=42017

but your thread there IS clearly earlier than this one and earlier that Worz.net's list. Bonus points for you. :D

But we both remain with the question: "Who discovered the list?" My supicion is that it is actually in the code for the SP2 update and some clever cracker managed to extract it from there. But until somebody tell, we won't know. :confused:

Regards,

Well actually, (and obviously) I don't deserve credit for the above posted list. Actually, I never ask for (and usually TRY not to imply) credit for anything that I post in any of the dosen or so forums I am registered with. However, just for the record someone on IRC (irc.efnet.net) gave me the list by the name of n1n0r so I guess I should have mentioned that. :) Since probably no one knows who that guy is I figured "wtf" i'll just post it for the convenience of anyone who may have not known or who required it.

No actual criticism was intended by my comments. I was just generally teasing about the similiar post on Worz.net in close proximity to your's here and then gabri3l reported a sighting before Worz posted it.

We then just speculated on who may have actually made the discovery, and you had not said, one way or the other, so we didn't know whether you made the discovery or found it some place, but hadn't said. No biggie. ;)

Regards,

Yes, please do not think I was being a smartass. You just sparked our curiosity over the origination of the list. :)

Hmm..
 

Hey what if one has a key like: XXXXX-OEM-0044283-XXXXX ? Is it possible to generate with what we have?

I mean for instance, one has a 100% legit Copy of Windows XP Pro on the original CD even for good measure :p. The user installs this copy once, twice, OOOPS! Third time's a charm meaning Windows demands activation because as we've discussed, either things have changed "inside" the PC, or the copy has been installed "too many times during a predefined period of M$ time". Now what. Does there exist the possiblity to actually activate the damn thing with a key created by the 4in1 keygen (a key that falls completely out of the banned range)?

I highly doubt that myself (unfortunately) so then the question would be, if Windows is already asking for activation, is it possible (without physical patching of exe's) to make it believe it's been activated. As I said I've tried dosens of keys (VLK and other) generated by the 4in1 that simply wont "stick" when that update button is pressed on the windows activation dialog... All you get is "retry, retry, retry, etc.."

Perhaps I'm not generating VLK's that fall out of the banned range the right way (doubt that too) but oh well, worse comes to worst by the time this joint expires I'll have final version of Fedora to put back on this little laptop. The only reason I took Fedora off actually is cause I absolutely could not get dial-up working but fuck that who needs dial up I just take this little jammy to work and pop it on the big line.


:rolleyes:

Supposedly, and I have not personally verified this, you cannot activate with a generated key. So, if you are using a legit XP Pro OEM or retail then you need to either activate with a issued key or find a workaround to make it beleive it is activated. (example: reset5) or convert your version into corporate. A good guide to doing so is here. hxxp://homepage.mac.com/dbaumgarten/XPloiting_XP.html If you need help PM me.

I do not know why keys would not stick unless they are being generated for the wrong version. Note: Xp pro (non VLK) keys do not need to have a 640 pid. You can try to activate with a generated key and let us know how it goes.

Unless someone can 'improve' on the 4in1 KG to generate OEM keys, else U would have to stick with getting a VLK installation and key..

I've heard/seen people saying that there are chances of you generating a valid retail key that can be activated over the internet...
the PID range seems to be 011..
Like u, I can't verify it.. but it's possible.. definitely possible.. :cool:

'Do I see some light bulbs blinking??'' :p

zdensys:

You really didn't think you were going to get away with making two posts just because you wanted to comment on two posts, did you? :eek: Isn't going to happen. ;) I combined your response into one. ;)

Regards,

A new erra of M$ fsckism....
 

Well, here's the deal. I'm not sure but I think it's fair to say there have been at least a few different "pirate" versions of the XP Pro w/ built in SP1 CD in circulation since SP1's actual realease. Therefore to better understand what I've done here you all should know that it was done with the "pirate" version of the CD which is connected to the following well-known pirate VLK key:

XK39D-3PDMC-JMMDK-X8T8M-77YVM

Now that we've got that titbit squared away, what I did basically was use that disc to create a brand new XP installation by doing a slipstream of XP Service Pack 2 Build 2162 onto the final ISO. We should note that this particular VLK circulation I'm using had a PID in XXXXX-642-XXXXXXX-23XXX <- that range.

Bottom Line:

The new installation go's through perfectly with keys generated by the 4in1. It not only accepts keys in the 640-500/640-600 range but also keys in the 642-470/642-800 range.

The big SLAP in the face-piece:

NO WINDOWS UPDATE :eek: :(. Forget windows update with any artificially generated key "Windows could not verify the product key". Yes it sucks elephantitis infected ballzaks I know, but all we can do at this point is hope. Either way you slice this little joint, its a BAD BAD move by M$... Can anyone guess why preventing windows updates would be bad? OF COURSE EVEN A NEW-BORN BABY FREAK could, but heaven forbid that the actual MAKERS of the damn OS can understand it. Nooo noo that would be way too much to ask. :confused:

todo when already deactivated, no need to format
 

When I used WinXP Home it happened more times (on different machines) that it locked itself, because the activation time expired.
I downloaded some guides and patches, but most of them didn't work.

Finally I found a page that describes the bytes that should be altered in the winlogon.exe and it will think that the product is registered.

The WinLogon.exe crack worked in all cases.

Guide:
1. boot in safe mode
2. locate winlogon.exe
3. remove the one in the dllcache directory if you find it there
4. use a hex editor and change the appropriate bytes
5. reboot

To obtain the exact offsets and data for point 4 search on www, different versions may need different patch.
Be sure that you are using a good hex editor that just changes the bytes you are intended to change. Hiew (Hacker's view) is a good choice.

If you can enable the Internet connection in safe mode (I could), you can find/download everything (patch offset/data, hiew) that is needed to use your op.system.

Good luck for it, for me a full reinstallation of all the problems that I used would have taken a whole day, this patch took half an hour including the search on Internet. Not to mention the possible risk of losing valuable data when format.

As a heads up yes you can activate win xp pro with a generated key.
I did it with a purchased copy of xp pro and after the 5th time of screwing with m$ activation for whatever reasons I generated my own activation key.

I guess the updates for sp2 aren't going to work, BUT I have a bought copy so I can just update with the good key.

On the unhappy note ( or my .02 cents) I won't be updating to sp2 for a bit, gotta let the cobwebs settle.

The first time xp crashed was the very first m$ update on the new machine.

Hope this is helpful, and if anyone wants pm me for the key generator I used.

Dr Pete

mihaliczaj, I wouldn't recommend your method to anybody, because you have locked down your xp and there is no way you can update your system with a non-comforming winlogon.exe. The patch process will simply fail due to a corrupted winlogon.exe seen by the patcher.

I've heard quite alot regarding WU v5 banning unknown/generated VLK..
Maybe someone can feedback WITHOUT installing SP2 after trying out
windowsupdate v5 here?

If this's true then we might have to use those common leaked keys.. :(

JMI:

I'm NOT trying to boost my post by replying twices to different posts.. :D
Just to reply to the correct posts and since the post counts doesn't changes anyway.. :p

zdensys:

Perhaps if you pay a little closer attention, you will notice comments about "posting twice" has nothing to do with posting "twice" or more within one Thread. It has to do with posting two or more times in a row or within a vew minutes when the second posts contents can be simply added to the other one by using the Edit button. The comments about this process are not applied to posting again after some substantial time has passed and others have posted additional comments or questions.

Regards,