1. Bypass Windows Xp Activation Loop
2. Remove Windows Xp Activation Permanently
3. How To Remove Windows Xp Activation

Jul 26, 2012 - This article shows you how to fix the logon failure: user account. Such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003. Enable/Disable Services.msc in Windows Xp from cmd, regedit or gpedit. When you try to open services.msc this message will be displayed.

I ran a repair on XP and after the repair I got a message saying that I needed to activate windows before I can log in.Choosing 'No' would send be back to the login screen and choosing 'Yes' would begin to load Windows, but only as far as showing me the desktop with no icons.

I was able to fix this problem by starting the PC in safe mode with command prompt. I then typed 'explorer' into the command prompt to load Windows. Next I clicked on 'Start' - 'Run' and in the 'Run' box I typed
'Rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk'. This extended my activation to 30 days. Even though this extended my activation period, I was still unable to get the activation program to start up.

I fixed that by going into 'regedit' and searching for the 'wpaevents' folder. I then changed the permissions to include 'User' for 'Full control'. I also went to my c: drive and changed the permissions to include 'User', 'Administrator', and 'System' for 'Full control'. I rebooted the machine and then was able to run Windows activation.

I got all my info from:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/55233-45-msoobe
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-security/this-copy-of-windows-must-be-activated-before-you/387f3367-5fc4-4aa1-937d-6788a626029d

6 Steps total

Step 1: Start the PC into Safe mode with command prompt

Power on the PC and press F8 right before Windows begins to load. Select 'Safe mode with command prompt'

Step 2: Run Explorer from the Command prompt to start Windows

Once the Command prompt loads, type in 'explorer' to start Windows within Safe mode.

Step 3: Run 'Rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk' from the 'Run' box.

Now click on 'Start' and in the 'Run' box type
'Rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk'. Press Enter. This will re-set activation to 30 days

Step 4: Modify the wpaevents folder in the Registry.

Once more, click on 'Start' then go to the 'Run' box and type in 'Regedit'. Make sure that in Regedit you are highlighting 'My Computer' at the very top. Now go up to 'Edit' then 'Find' and type in 'wpaevents' then press Enter. Right click on the 'wpaevents' folder and go down to 'Permissions'. Highlight 'User' and place a check mark in the box labeled 'full control'. Click 'Apply' and exit regedit.

Step 5: Modify the C: drives permissions.

Now double click 'My Computer'. Right click the C: drive and go down to 'Properties'. Now click on the 'Security' tab and modify 'User', 'Administrator', and 'System' so that they all have 'Full control'. Click 'Apply' and reboot the PC.

Step 6: Run Windows activation

Now Windows activation will run and the PC will become usable again.

This How-to is intended to assist in recovering a PC from a faulty repair install. It is not a tutorial on bypassing / extending the Windows activation grace period. I don't condone piracy, but I also don't believe in locking a user from their data with faulty control mechanisms.

References

• Toms hardware topic on Windows Activation

30 Comments

• Habanero
  b0b Jun 4, 2012 at 02:04am

  Had to do the exact same only last week. Nice to have it documented here.

• Mace
  hsc5775 Jun 12, 2012 at 06:32am

  nice howto
  thx for share

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  Lawrence3545 Oct 18, 2012 at 01:15am

  Thanks =), Good How to, Looking forward to more of your How To's, its helpful for the spicework community. Thanks again *beers*

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  will.beale Oct 29, 2012 at 07:43am

  This is an awesome solution. Thanks very much for sharing.. I'm new at Spiceworx. So Far Awesome

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  Flint Madziya Dec 26, 2012 at 06:18pm

  Awesome!

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  BB8771 Mar 25, 2013 at 12:06am

  Aaarrgh.. I was so hopeful, because this post added the permissions steps, but when I do as described, the login after saying 'yes' to activation just shows the wallpaper forever

  [Update] I left the PC on the wallpaper, no Explorer, no icons all night long and discovered the PC must've logged-off or rebooted during the night. When I logged-on this next time, the expected Windows Activation screen greeted me and I was able to successfully activate!

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  pvdchris Apr 28, 2013 at 06:59pm

  I used this method, and still get the wallpaper screen forever. I am working to recover an old computer which has had it's ethernet controller fail, as well as the internal wi-fi. I have attached a USB wi-fi adapter, and run the installation software in safemode. When I reboot, I still get the 'This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows now?' Right back to the wallpaper.

  This is the result of a Windows Repair, XP Home Edition SP3 Build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111

  I have verified with Microsoft that the software is a legal copy, but they want $180 to talk me through validation.

  Thanks for any further suggestions

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  jjaytech Jun 12, 2013 at 03:26am

  Thank you so much !
  I'm also new here in spicework.
  So far, so good ! :)

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  Ashley1087 Jun 13, 2013 at 10:13am

  Thanks, needed this today. It was getting critical. A new install would have taken days because of the support from a 3rd party vendor.

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  KH Aug 2, 2013 at 12:09pm

  WHAT A BLESSING IT IS TO HAVE FOUND YOUR INFORMATIVE, WELL-DOCUMENTED TUTORIAL. YOUR ASSISTANCE HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! MY SINCEREST APPRECIATION. WAY TO GO! YOU STAND OUT FROM THE REST -- BY FAR. YAY!

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  JCastano Aug 2, 2013 at 04:44pm

  Thank you guys for your kind words. I'm glad I was able to help.

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  chandni.anand.5 Sep 10, 2013 at 12:42pm

  Thankyou so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  The problem is solved with my pc

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  pmusadiq Oct 2, 2013 at 05:37pm

  If you want to activate windows xp at zero cost then visit see this tutorial
  http://www.hacktheway.org/2011/03/activate-windows-xp.html

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  PatrickAnthony Oct 24, 2013 at 09:07am

  thanks a lot sir. It was a life saver!!!! God bless you, hope you'll not stop helping people!.. ^_^.......

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  John5195 Oct 28, 2013 at 10:53pm

  This just saved my life! was googling this, and low and behold the Mighty Spiceworks to the rescue. Should have looked here first.

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Recently, one of my customers has found that after installation of the upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, the network printer connected to this computer stopped printing documents from other computers running Windows XP. (In spite the end of support for Windows XP, it still widely used in SOHO.)

If on a computer running Windows XP you double-click the network printer installed on a Windows 10 PC (workgroup without a domain), the following error appears:

When trying to connect a network printer in XP through the Connect option of the printer context menu, it is prompted to specify the name and password of a user with privileges on the remote Windows 10 computer .

After you enter user name and password (even of the local administrator account in Windows 10), this error appears:

Then you specify the password and the same repeats again and again… The most interesting thing is that you can open any files on a network share in Windows 10 from the XP client without any troubles (so the problem is not in the lack of support of SMB 1.0). The problem appears only with network printers. If a shared printer in the same configuration is connected to Windows 8.1, you can print anything easily.

What we tried to do: In the Network and Sharing Center in Windows 10 we disabled entering password to access a PC running Windows 10 from the network (Turn off password protected sharing), switch to Enable File Sharing for Devices That Use 40- or 56-Bit Encryption mode, tried to create the same local users in both systems. Nothing helped.

Bypass Windows Xp Activation Loop

Finally, to connect to a shared printer in Windows 10 from a computer running Windows XP, we had to use an old workaround and connect the printer via a local port.

1. On a computer running Windows XP, open Control Panel-> Printers and Faxes and start Add Printer Wizard (Add printer)
2. Then select Local printer attached to this computer-> Create a new port -> Local Port
3. As a port name, specify the UNC address of the printer like this: Win10-PC1SharedPrinterName (in our example it is 192.168.1.22HPLaserJet)
4. Select or install the suitable printer driver.

Remove Windows Xp Activation Permanently

Finish the installation, restart both computers and try to print a document. It should be printed successfully!

How To Remove Windows Xp Activation