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Windows Product Activation (WPA)
on Windows XP
Version 3.2.2 — Last Updated August 22, 2009
Hold mouse here for list of most recent changes.
by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP

One new feature in Windows XP that has caused great concern is Windows Product Activation (WPA). There are a great many rumors, and much misinformation, from which you might be led to think that WPA is going to call Microsoft every day and say just what you are doing with your computer; that, if you make any changes at all to your computer hardware, the machine will be instantly disabled; and that WPA is a sneaky way for Microsoft to store personal information about you or your computer, or to begin charging you a monthly fee for your continued use of Windows XP. In fact, all of these rumors are false. WPA is a fairly easy-going check when Windows boots, confirming that it is still installed on the same computer as last time it checked. That’s all. But the rampant misinformation is understandable, because it is hard for the general consumer to find a simple yet comprehensive explanation of just what WPA is. This page tries to fill that gap by explaining WPA in a straightforward, detailed way — and to show that it will be a lot less trouble to most people than many have feared.

What’s the idea of WPA?

The Microsoft License for use of Windows has always been limited to allowing installation on only a single machine (and that excludes having the same copy installed on a laptop as well as a desktop machine: only MS Office is licensed for the combination). Microsoft believes that this has been subject to much casual abuse. WPA is a means of ensuring that a single copy is not installed on more than a single machine.

So, within the first 30 days after installing Windows XP, you must get the system ‘activated’ if you are to be able to go on using it. This involves the computer dialing in and giving some information about the hardware on which Windows is installed, receiving in return a release code which will be recorded on the system. More is said below about OEM copies provided preinstalled on a new computer

At subsequent boots, Windows checks to see that it is still running on hardware that it can recognise as being the same. If it does not match well enough, you will be unable to do more than backup files until you call Microsoft to explain — for example, that the old machine broke down and had to be rebuilt — and get a new release code.

What hardware gets checked?

The WPA system checks ten categories of hardware:

1. Display Adapter
2. SCSI Adapter
3. IDE Adapter (effectively the motherboard)
4. Network Adapter (NIC) and its MAC Address
5. RAM Amount Range (i.e., 0-64mb, 64-128mb, etc.)
6. Processor Type
7. Processor Serial Number
8. Hard Drive Device
9. Hard Drive Volume Serial Number (VSN)
10. CD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-ROM

It then calculates and records a number based on the first device of each type that was found during setup, and stores this number on your hard drive. Initially, this is sent to Microsoft in an automatic dial-up, together with the Product ID number derived from the 25-character unique Product Key used in setting up Windows.

If Service Pack 1 has been installed, the entire Product Key is also transmitted: This can then be checked against a list of known pirated keys

The hardware is checked each time Windows boots, to ensure that it is still on the same machine. Also, if you subsequently perform a complete format and reinstall of Windows, Microsoft’s activation center will have to be contacted again because the information held on the machine itself (the number previously written to your hard drive) will have been wiped out by reformatting the hard drive. If your hardware is substantially the same, this will be done by an automated call without your needing to talk to anyone.

What does ‘substantially the same’ mean? WPA asks for ‘votes’ from each of these ten categories: ‘Is the same device still around, or has there never been one?’ Seven Yes votes means all is well — and a NIC, present originally and not changed, counts for three yes votes! Minor cards, like sound cards, don’t come into the mix at all. If you keep the motherboard, with the same amount of RAM and processor, and an always present cheap NIC (available for $10 or less), you can change everything else as much as you like.

If you change the device in any category, you have lost that Yes vote — but will not lose it any more thereafter if you make changes in that category again. So, for example, you can install a new video display card every month for as long as you like.

Note that it appears that if you boot with a device disabled (disabled — not removed), the device is not found in the enumeration — so if, say, you disable a networkconnection which uses the NIC and then reboot, you may be missing its three votes and find that a new activation is needed. If you are doing suchthings, take the Hint 3 in What about formatting a hard disk? below, and restore the files concerned once the NIC is back in service.

What if I make too many changes?

If, on Windows startup, there are not the required seven Yes votes, the system will, in the original version of Windows XP, only boot to Safe Mode. You will be required to reactivate by a phone call to Microsoft. You will have to write down a 50-digit number, call into the activation center on a toll-free number that will be given to you, read and check back the number you recorded — and explain the circumstances. In exchange, you will be given a 42-digit number to type in. This will reactivate your copy of Windows.

This is made easier if Windows XP Service Pack 1 has been installed: The system will continue to boot normally for three days, during which time you will be able to contact the activation center via the net. If the extra changes have been removed, or if 120 days have passed since the original activation, you will be able to use the automatic process once more

What about formatting a hard disk?

Two things are recorded for disks: the number of the disk drive itself, and the Volume Serial Number (VSN) of the partition on it.

HINT No. 1: The VSN is part of the data in the partition’s first sector, so it is changed when you reformat the drive. It is worth getting the freeware utility Volume ID to restore the original VSN. Before you reformat, run VOL from a Command Prompt, note the VSN (e.g., 1F2E-3C4B) in the second line. Then, after the reformat and new Windows XP installation, defer the new activation until you have run Volume ID to restore the old VSN, and rebooted. This is not essential — but it saves one of the ‘Yes votes’ against any future hardware change. (If you don’t wish to run this utility, the next best way to obtain the same result would be to delete the old Win XP files from the hard drive before reinstalling, rather than actually reformatting.)

HINT No. 2: Another thing that changes the VSN is converting a FAT 32 partition to NTFS. So, if you upgrade a system using FAT 32 to Windows XP and intend to convert to NTFS, do the conversion before activating the system. Remember, you can wait a while: you have 30 days before you need to activate. The machine’s hardware at the time of the first activation is what counts. Or, if you have already activated, use Volume ID as described in Hint No. 1. If you are doing this after activation, also first back up the WPA.DBL and WPA.BAK files, as described in Hint No. 3 below, and, after completion of the conversion, restore these files and reboot again.

HINT No. 3: It is valuable to back up the two files WPA.DBL and WPA.BAK from the WindowsSystem32 folder.Then, should they get damaged, or should you do a ‘Repair’ reinstallation of Win XP, these files can be copied back to restore the prior activation status. However, this only works in those limited circumstances. The contents of these two files is matched to the specific Windows setup; therefore, contrary to what many journalists and members of the user community have written in recent months, restoring these files will not restore your activation status following a reformat and clean install.

The disk drive and partition recorded will be the ones that the system has found first when doing the initial activation: normally the one from which the system booted. So, if you change that disk and reinstall Windows to a new partition, you have lost two of the Yes votes. If, though, you add a new hard disk, copy the original partition onto it with an imaging program, and retain the original hard drive as a secondary data disk, it will still be found by a later check. This is because it searches for all disks, and the vote will be Yes in both categories if it finds the original one, with the partition not reformatted.

What about a swappable hard drive bay?

Provided the swappable hard drive bay is for secondary disks (used for data), and the boot disk with Windows is still present, the swappable disks do not enter into the WPA calculation.

Changing the motherboard

Installing a replacement motherboard will change the IDE controller, and usually will mean that you change to a new, faster, processor. If the processor is one with a serial number (Pentium III), then you lose a third vote — including when you change to a processor with no serial number, such as an Athlon. If you also add RAM, or if the motherboard is one with an on-board SCSI adapter, that makes four or five categories now voting No — you would need an unchanged NIC to avoid having to call in for reactivation. If the new motherboard also has inbuilt video (and possibly even a NIC of its own!), you run right out of Yes votes with this one hardware change.

Again, this doesn’t stop you from making such a hardware change, nor from using Windows XP thereafter. The phone-in reactivation option was created for just this type of situation. Also, this is an extreme example. Due to the onboard features of some motherboards, this one hardware change is equivalent to several changes at once.

Re-activation on a new setup after adding devices

If you add devices, as mentioned earlier in relation to hard disks, the check at boot up will still find the original device, even if it is now in a subsidiary postion (e.g., as a slave hard disk). But if you format and do a new setup, it will be the device that is now in ‘first place’ that goes into the hardware hash sent to Microsoft. This means that this hardware category no longer will match — and will be seen as voting ‘no.’ This means that you may find the automatic activation rejected, even though you have not recently made any changes. Therefore, from the point of view of WPA, it is best to make such hardware additions subsidiary ones. For example, if you add another CD drive, have it as the secondary slave, and, if need be, move the original one onto the primary channel.

There is a useful program XPInfo which will give you a simple picture of which categories are currently casting Yes votes at the boot-up check.

How long does this go on?

The license for a retail version of Windows XP is in perpetuity. You get to use Windows XP forever, if you choose.

But Microsoft recognises that machines do get upgraded. If, following the activation after setup, you do not need to contact the activation center for 120 days (any changes you make during this time being seen as acceptable when the system boots), then the sheet is swept clean and you can start again using the current hardware as the new baseline to make more changes.

If you get a new computer, you are entitled to remove Windows XP from the one that is being junked, and install the same Windows XP on the new machine — but you will have to do the reactivation by a voice call and explain (unless, as was just mentioned, 120 days have passed since the activation was last performed).

Microsoft has said that if it ever becomes not worthwhile for them to keep this activation system going, they will take steps to allow users to disable it.

OEM versions

Restrictions of specific license types may limit the foregoing. OEM versions of Windows XP are licensed together with the hardware with which they are purchased, as an entity, and such a copy may not be moved to a different computer. Also, other specific license types (e.g., Academic licenses) are handled in different ways. These aren’t a WPA issue per se, but rather an issue of the license for that purchase, and therefore outside the scope of this discussion of WPA.

There are two versions of OEM Windows XP systems. One can be purchased separately, with qualifying subsidiary hardware, and installed with that hardware to an existing machine, to which it becomes bound. The software may be reinstalled and reactivated indefinitely as with a retail system as long as it is still on the original machine. It may not be transferred to a different computer. It is activated as described above, but if it were installed to hardware seen as not substantially the same, the activation would be refused as falling outside the license.

In the other OEM form, the system is provided pre-installed by a major supplier. Instead of activation, the system is ‘locked’ to the BIOS on the motherboard. The validity of this lock is checked at boot. As long as this is satisfied, other hardware may be changed freely, but any replacement motherboard must be for a compatible one supplied by the original maker.

If a BIOS-locked system is installed to a board where the lock fails, it enters a normal Activation process at startup. However, beginning 1 March 2005, the Product Key supplied on a label by the computer manufacturer, and used for the initial installation, will not be accepted for activation. A new copy of Windows XP, with a license allowing installation on a different machine, will be needed. This means that any replacement motherboard (or upgrade to its BIOS) must be supplied by the original maker, who will ensure the lock is maintained.

Installation of Service Packs 1 & 2

Windows XP Service Pack 1 (“SP1”) introduces some further obstacles to systems that appear to have been pirated: It will not install at all on systems which appear to have used one of two well established “pirate” Product Keys, and a wider range of pirated and cracked keys will result in no access being allowed to Windows Update. These limitations are taken further with Service Pack 2

Installation of SP1 also will detect and fix a number of “cracks” used by pirates to circumvent the need to activate. Such systems will then need to be activated after SP1 is installed. However, regular, legitimate, installations of Windows XP will not need to be reactivated after simply because of installing SP1.

For more detailed discussion of the changes and their implications, see Microsoft’s article Service Pack 1 Changes to Product Activation.

Some things WPA does not do

• WPA does not send any personal information at all about you to Microsoft. There is still an option to register the product with Microsoft, but that is separate and entirely voluntary.
• If you have to phone in yourself to carry out an activation or reactivation, you are not required to give any identifying personal information.
• WPA does not ‘phone in’ every day to check. The check that the system is not significantly different is done by Windows itself at boot. If the hardware is not acceptable (i.e., you don’t get your seven Yes votes), you have to initiate the telephone call yourself in order to reactivate. Windows itself never calls Microsoft except when you specifically tell it to do so for an online activation.
• WPA does not provide a means for Microsoft to turn off your machine or damage your data. (Nor do they even have access to your data.) If the system is requiring you to phone in, you will still be able to boot to Safe Mode and back up your data.
• WPA is not a “lease” system requiring more payments after two years or any other period. You may use the product as licensed in perpetuity.

The simple hack will make your Windows XP always genuine and activated, by simply routing the validation callback to your own PC.

Universal and All-in-One Way to Make Windows Activated (Passed WPA), Disable and Remove WGA Validation Tool (KB892130) and WGA Notifications (KB905474), plus Bypass and Skip Genuine Windows Validation required when Download and Installation of Software for Genuine Licensed Microsoft Customers

Note: This method most likely works on Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) only. If you still haven’t upgrade to SP2, you can download Windows XP Service Pack 2 that no need any validation to download and install via direct download link.

1. Download the WindowsLicense.rar or wpa_registry.rar (links and downloads removed due to complaint from Microsoft) archive files which contains the same registry’s registration file with .reg extension.
2. Extract the archive to retrieve the registration file.
3. Double click on the registry entry file (with .reg extension), and answer Yes when asked whether want to add the information to the registry to hack the registry.
4. The Windows is fully licensed, legal, genuine and activated. You should be able to pass all validation of Windows Genuine Advantage program required at anywhere, including Windows Update or Microsoft Update, Microsoft Download Center, validate with Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool, validate from Genuine Microsoft Windows online, setup installation of WGA apps and etc. Of course, until the next Microsoft update.

The registration file actually put in the following registry keys and branches to the Windows registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWPAEvents]
“OOBETimer”=hex:ff,d5,71,d6,8b,6a,8d,6f,d5,33,93,fd
“LastWPAEventLogged”=hex:d5,07,05,00,06,00,07,00,0f,00,38,00,24,00,fd,02

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersion]
“CurrentBuild”=”1.511.1 () (Obsolete data - do not use)”
“InstallDate”=dword:427cdd95
“ProductId”=”69831-640-1780577-45389″
“DigitalProductId”=hex:a4,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,36,39,38,33,31,2d,36,34,30,2d,
31,37,38,30,35,37,37,2d,34,35,33,38,39,00,5a,00,00,00,41,32,32,2d,30,30,30,
30,31,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0d,04,89,b2,15,1b,c4,ee,62,4f,e6,64,6f,01,00,
00,00,00,00,27,ed,85,43,a2,20,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,31,34,35,30,34,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ce,0e,
00,00,12,42,15,a0,00,08,00,00,87,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,94,a2,b3,ac
“LicenseInfo”=hex:9e,bf,09,d0,3a,76,a5,27,bb,f2,da,88,58,ce,58,e9,05,6b,0b,82,
c3,74,ab,42,0d,fb,ee,c3,ea,57,d0,9d,67,a5,3d,6e,42,0d,60,c0,1a,70,24,46,16,
0a,0a,ce,0d,b8,27,4a,46,53,f3,17

If you can’t download the files above, simply open any text editor, copy and paste the above text (make sure the format is text only and not a rich text, as the quotation marks (which is distorted by WordPress) matter to make the registration file you created yourself works), and the save the file with .reg extension. The double click on the .reg you created to apply the registry trick.

Note: Some users reported that the hack on the registry trick is erased, reverted or reset once reboot or restart your PC. If so, use the patch or crack listed below for your version of WGA.

Make Windows Genuine and Legally Licensed by Changing Windows XP Product Key (CD Key)

A bit tough method, as most likely the Windows XP license key or CD key or volume license key (VLK) that is leaked where you can find on the web is already or will be blocked and blacklisted by Microsoft. However, if you can find a OEM PC preinstalled with genuine Windows or computer that installed with legal and activated copy of Windows, you can retrieve the unique Windows Product Key or CD key from the PC and share to use the product license key on your copy of Windows. Of course, it’s against the TOS (Terms of Service) for Windows OS, and not advisable.

If you still want to try to find a valid VLK or product key serial of Windows, and use and update the valid key to your non genuine and non legal copy of Windows XP, visit this article for complete list of tools and utilities that can be used to retrieve or modify and change the Windows XP Product CD Key. Here is the step-by-step guide to change product key to make Windows genuine permanently.

Warning: If you use a invalid or demo CD or Product Key, you may screw up your Windows installation and need to re-validate the Windows.

New: Find product keys with Google.

Patched or Cracked Version of LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe

If the above methods do not work, you can try to use the cracked or patched version of WGA related files in order to trick and hack WGA validation agent to believe that the Windows is genuine.

WGA version 1.9.9.1 (1.9.0009.1)

Download WGA crack for v1.9.9.1.

WGA version 1.9.9.0 (1.9.0009.0)

Download WGA crack for v1.9.9.0.

WGA version 1.8.32.1 (1.8.0032.1) (Possibly Fake)

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WGA version 1.8.32.0 (1.8.0032.0) (Possibly Fake)

Download the crack for v1.8.32.0 of WGA.

WGA version 1.8.31.9 (1.8.0031.9)

Download the crack for v1.8.31.9 of WGA.

WGA version 1.8.31.0 (1.8.0031.0)

Download the crack for v1.8.31.0 of WGA.

WGA version 1.7.69.2 (1.7.0069.2)

For both Windows XP and Windows Vista and other Windows Server 2003/2008 product, visit the details here.

WGA version 1.7.69.1 (1.7.0069.1)

Cracks from ETH0 available here.

WGA version 1.7.59.1 (1.7.0059.1)

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WGA version 1.7.59.0 (1.7.0059.0)

Visit here for crack details. This version onwards, WGA Notifications files will be deleted.

WGA version 1.7.36.0 (1.7.0036.0)

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WGA version 1.7.18.5 (1.7.0018.5)

More details and ways to bypass v.1.7.18.5 here.

WGA version 1.7.18.1 (1.7.0018.1)

More details and ways to bypass v.1.7.18.1 here.

WGA version 1.7.17.1 (1.7.0017.1)

Visit here for download link and more details.

WGA version 1.5.723.1

Download crack for 1.5.723.1 version of WGA (download removed due to complaints from MS), more information and installation instruction can be found here. Partially works to enable download from Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center, and eliminate the non-genuine warning message.

WGA version 1.5.722.0

Download WGA crack for v1.5.722.0 (link removed due to request from MS), more information and installation instruction here. Able to fool WGA validation in Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center, and stop the non-genuine warning message.

WGA version 1.5.716.0

Fully workable crack (except validation during setup) for WGA v1.5.716.0 by downloading LegitCheckControl v1.5.716.0 patch (download removed due to complaints from Microsoft), visit 1.5.716.0 crack page for details and patch instruction, with thanks to ESI.

Not recommended partially working way, download Windows.Genuine.Advantage.Validation.v1.5.716.0.Crack (download removed by MS) by ETH0, which contains an installer.bat which will automatically terminate and kill WgaTray.exe process, backup and then replace the originals with patched LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll. Or you can download the cracked LegitCheckControl.dll (download removed by MS) and replace the downloaded modified to overwrite the original LegitCheckControl.dll in WindowsSystem32.

Alternatively, try to uninstall and remove WGA ver 1.5.716.0 by removing the LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe from WindowsSystem32 folder, and download the WGA v1.5.554.0 or v1.5.540.0 from the link above, and apply the patch for WGA 1.5.554.0 or 1.5.540.0.

WGA version 1.5.708.0

The patch and crack to this version of WGA tools is not working in its entirety on every Windows installation. You may try to download patched and fixed version of LegitCheckControl.dll (link removed due to MS request) and replace the original LegitCheckControl.dll version 1.5.708.0 in WindowsSystem32 folder. Another patched LegitCheckControl.dll, which is “upgraded” from previous version of LegitCheckControl.dll is available here or here (downloads removed by Microsoft). It’s a installer that will install patched LegitCheckControl.dll v1.5.708.0, WgaLogon.dll v1.5.540.0 and WgaTray.exe v1.5.540.0, and will works on Windows Update and disable the non-genuine warning message in Windows XP only. Visit this article for more information.

Alternatively, try to uninstall and remove WGA ver 1.5.708.0 by removing the LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe from WindowsSystem32 folder, and download the WGA v1.5.554.0 or v1.5.540.0 from the link above, and apply the patch for WGA 1.5.554.0 or 1.5.540.0.

WGA version 1.5.554.0

Download and install the patched and cracked WGA KB905474 installer from here (link down due to complaint from Microsoft) that will install fixed LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe. If you want to replace the files manually, download this zip file (download removed due to complaint from Microsoft). Visit this article for more information.

WGA version 1.5.540.0

Download the cracked KB905474 WGA Notifications installer setup file that contains patched version of LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe from here and here (removed due to DMCA request from Microsoft). Run the installer setup to crack the WGA so that your Windows will appear genuine and valid.

WGA version 1.5.532.2

Download the patched WGA Notifications installer from here (removed due to DMCA complaint from BSA). Installation of the patched installer will install cracked LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe to replace the original unmodified version of the files. Alternatively, you can replace the original version of LegitCheckControl.dll manually by downloading the cracked LegitCheckControl.dll from here (link removed due to MS DMCA request) and extract it.

WGA version 1.5.532.0

Download LegitCheckControl1.5.532.0.muiz.fixed.rar (removed due to complaint from Microsoft), extract the content and execute the executable that will replace the original WGA file LegitCheckControl.dll with the cracked edition.

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WGA version 1.5.530.0

Download the WGA cracks by ICU or ETH0 (downloads removed due to complaints from Microsoft). Extract the content of the archive that contains patched edition of LegitCheckControl.dll. Replace the original edition of the LegitCheckControl.dll in the WindowsSystem32 with the modified version.

Disable or Uninstall and Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications KB905474

If you never and don’t want to download and install any Microsoft software and don’t care about Windows updates, but just getting sick with the annoying warning nag message that keep telling you that your copy of Windows is not genuine and may be is a counterfeit software, you can use the official way posted by Microsoft to disable or uninstall the WGA Notifications. The trick is simple, by just deleting or renaming 2 files i.e. WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll and follows a few simple steps to unregister LegitCheckControl.dll and remove the WGA registry entries.

Wpa Kill Download Patch

Bypass genuine Windows validation required during download and installation of Microsoft software exclusive for WGA genuine customers with Direct Download Link and specific application installation instructions

Wpa Kill Sp2 Activation

Wpa Kill

If all of the above methods failed rendering the Windows installed as non-genuine and counterfeit copy, making it unaccessible to various services and software apps that available exclusively to genuine Microsoft customers with valid licenses only, under Windows Genuine Advantage program. WGA restricts access to some programs by requiring validate process to check if the Windows is genuine or not when trying to download the program setup file or when during the installation of the said program.

Windows Xp Activation Tool

However, it’s still possible to directly download the WGA protected or restricted software apps from Microsoft by using the direct download link or URL to the installer setup files. This method will allows downloading from Microsoft without passing thru or skip the validation check.