You guys are trying too hard to mod the hell out of files and the registery... Here\'s the way I went about activating Windows XP Professional on a two of my computers at home with one activation key...
First thing I did was I activated the first one legitamitely, but not using the internet. I used the telephone option because I thought I could register another computer with the same confirmation ID they gave me. However, when I tried this on another computer, with the same product id, it didn\'t work. So I called up M$ again, got a customer service representative, and told them I installed and activated Windows XP already but the internet crashed so my DAD suggested i reinstall Windows XP. I told the stupid beyach on the phone that I needed another confirmation ID and she gladly gave me it complete with instructions meant for 4 year olds.
I bet any of you that I could activate numerous more copies of windows xp like this, and so can you. Just remember to sound like a dumb, kind of impatient, customer who is confused and pissed cuz their windows xp won\'t activate. I bet 90% of the people who call are morons fitting that profile, so I doubt you\'ll have a problem getting it activated.
If you don\'t have a genuine, unique product ID to begin with, I\'d use the hex winlogin.exe and use the recovery console to 0wnz the copy in C:WindowsSystem32
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