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Copy one file to avoid reactivating Windows XP

1 September 2008 No Comment

Ran across this tip while web browsing this morning.  It’s a golden oldie: when wiping your Windows XP installation to get things squeekly clean, copy c:\windows\system32\WPA.DBL off the system first.  After your reinstall boot to Safe Mode and paste it back: no reactivation needed.  This will only work if you’re not changing any hardware.

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