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<p>New page: Everytime I need this, I end up looking for 15 minutes to find it, so here is a local copy. &#039;&#039;&#039;Transferring Windows XP Activation Information&#039;&#039;&#039; by Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP For the ful...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Everytime I need this, I end up looking for 15 minutes to find it, so here is a local copy.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Transferring Windows XP Activation Information&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> by Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP<br /> <br /> For the full article (there is more info there): http://netsecurity.about.com/od/windowsxp/qt/aaqtwinxp0829.htm<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> # Double-click My Computer<br /> # Double-click on the &quot;C&quot; drive<br /> # Go to the C:\Windows\System32 folder (you may have to click on the link that says &quot;Show The contents of this folder&quot;)<br /> # Find the files &quot;wpa.dbl&quot; and &quot;wpa.bak&quot; and copy them to a safe location. You can copy them on a floppy drive or burn it onto a CD or DVD.<br /> # After you have reinstalled Windows XP on your reformatted hard drive, click &quot;No&quot; when asked if you want to go ahead and go through the activation process<br /> # Reboot your computer into SafeMode (you can either press F8 as Windows is booting up to see the Windows Advanced Options menu and select SAFEBOOT_OPTION=Minimal or follow the instructions in Starting Windows XP in SafeMode<br /> # Double-click My Computer<br /> # Double-click on the &quot;C&quot; drive<br /> # Go to the C:\Windows\System32 folder (you may have to click on the link that says &quot;Show The contents of this folder&quot;)<br /> # Find the file &quot;wpa.dbl&quot; and &quot;wpa.bak&quot; (if it exists) and rename them to &quot;wpadbl.new&quot; and &quot;wpabak.new&quot;<br /> # Copy your original &quot;wpa.dbl&quot; and &quot;wpa.bak&quot; files from your floppy disk, CD or DVD into the C:\Windows\System32 folder<br /> # Restart your system (if you followed the directions in Starting Windows XP in SafeMode you may need to go back into MSCONFIG to turn off booting into SafeMode) <br /> <br /> [[Category:Weblog-2008-01]]<br /> [[Category:Windows]]</div>

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