[H] Making XP legit...

I have a guy that got a system, with what appears to be, a ripped copy of XP. Looks like he got hit with WGA. When the system boots it informs him it is not genuine and advises it will not be eligible for updates. In the task bar a light purple star looking icon resides with the same information.

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I got some false positives from "that crap" on software I got DIRECTLY from MS, so you can't always believe that... There were a couple of MS patches or MS re-certification files you could run and get the "correct" response, but keep in mind (IIRC) about 42% of the people that complain (to MS

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Yes, if you got a legit key. You can use a key changer and presto bingo, it will pass! - Original Message - From: "JOEUSER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 11:43 AM Subject: [H] Making XP legit... I have a guy th

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ger and presto bingo, it >will pass! > > >- Original Message - From: "JOEUSER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "The Hardware List" >Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 11:43 AM >Subject: [H] Making XP legit... > > >>I have a guy that got a sy

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>>Once I remove WGA it does not seem to come back. so once WGA has OKed your Windows you can remove it and still get updates from Windows update?

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no problems here but I suspect wga has been replaced with something else. It did try to re install as I recall and I told it no and it bugged me and I told it never and when I do updates I get flagged I have *very important* updates hidden. still a bunch of crap. I sometimes wonder about all the

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FORC5 wrote: MS has a program to turn VLK to OEM. I have converted several. no re install needed. fp Fred, Do you have a source for it? Can't seem to find it. TIA, al

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Do they make one for corporate to retail? Jeff - Original Message - From: "Al Anger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [H] Making XP legit... FORC5 wrote: MS has a program to turn VLK to OEM

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I DL'ed it from MS but like a dummy have lost the link and can not find it. If it is OK with THG I could put it on the FTP site. It came directly from MS when I went thru the fix it now button. :'( for a customer. let me know. fp At 05:54 PM 1/13/2007, Al Anger Poked the stick with: >FORC5 wrot

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t" >Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:54 PM >Subject: Re: [H] Making XP legit... > > >>FORC5 wrote: >>>MS has a program to turn VLK to OEM. I have converted several. no re install >>>needed. >>> >>>fp >> >>Fred, >> >

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Thanks. That just changes the key, not the product number. For example the Not For Resale version is 007. Jeff - Original Message - From: "FORC5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [H] Makin

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Sorrythat should have been 009. - Original Message - From: "Jeff Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [H] Making XP legit... Thanks. That just changes the key, not the product number

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- From: "FORC5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "The Hardware List" >Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:27 PM >Subject: Re: [H] Making XP legit... > > >>I believe this does that. file name is >>KeyUpdateTool.exe >> >>fp >> >>At

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At 09:19 PM 1/13/2007, you wrote: this the program from MS to change VLK to genuine, will change version. fp Hi fp, could you email this to me please? thanks m

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A quick Google turned up this URL for a direct download of KeyUpdateTool.exefrom M$ - http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/c/e9c73b60-bff1-4f03-b06f-d3cbe8f8d9f4/KeyUpdateTool.exe Regards, M

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Hello Rick, Monday, January 8, 2007, 11:57:09 AM, you wrote: > I got some false positives from "that crap" on software I got DIRECTLY > from MS, so you can't always believe that... Great, I thought I recalled someone saying on our list there were false positives. I cannot say if this is cop

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Hello Anthony, Monday, January 8, 2007, 12:34:21 PM, you wrote: > Wow.why? Just in case it is legit... I just don't know one way or the other. I don't want to sell him another copy if he legally owns this one. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

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Well, here is the latest. It was a VLK license. Which means it was a bootleg and I would need either a legit VLK to replace or buy it at 150. Since it's his money he will have to decide on 100 for XP home and a reload or 150 for Pro. Hope he does for the 150. Sounds like a cheap XP pro to me. --

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Hello Anthony, Thursday, January 11, 2007, 11:00:11 AM, you wrote: > I'm curious. How much of your time did you spend figuring this out? If he > decides to just skip it, do you get paid? > What is a VLK licence, by the way? All said and done, less then an hour. I get paid at least an hour as

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MS has a program to turn VLK to OEM. I have converted several. no re install needed. fp At 10:18 AM 1/11/2007, JOEUSER Poked the stick with: >VLK, Volume Licence Key. I didn't know either until Windows genuine >advantage page told me. I am glad it did, because you can only replace >like keys to

Re: [H] Making XP legit...genuine :{)

I originally got it from MS after hitting fix it now. They were supposed to send the link after my customer paid the $$$ but never did, I found it then at MS but have not been able to lately even with google. FWIW this is a older version of the one I dl'ed. mine is 773kb and this one is 663kb a

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On 14 Jan 2007 at 7:08, FORC5 wrote: > FWIW this is a older version of the one I dl'ed. mine is 773kb and this > one is 663kb and a different version in properties. strange. sure it > does the same thing. Here's the M$ link to the newer 773kb file: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/e/6/

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JOEUSER wrote: :: Great, I thought I recalled someone saying on our list there were :: false positives. I cannot say if this is copy and 'friend' are :: credible or not but I will try to fight it first. Wow.why?

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JOEUSER wrote: :: Well, here is the latest. It was a VLK license. Which means it was a :: bootleg and I would need either a legit VLK to replace or buy it at :: 150. Since it's his money he will have to decide on 100 for XP home :: and a reload or 150 for Pro. Hope he does for the 150. Sounds like

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Bummer, Is the friend still a friend? $150 sounds like a "small OEM version"... From: "JOEUSER" Well, here is the latest. It was a VLK license. Which means it was a bootleg and I would need either a legit VLK to replace or buy it at 150. Since it's his money he will have to decide on 100 for

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What is a VLK licence, by the way? It is a Volume license, probably made with a key generator, which were the ones WGA was targeting.

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JOEUSER wrote: :: Hello Anthony, :: :: Thursday, January 11, 2007, 11:00:11 AM, you wrote: :: ::: I'm curious. How much of your time did you spend figuring this ::: out? If he decides to just skip it, do you get paid? :: ::: What is a VLK licence, by the way? :: :: All said and done, less t