3 Tips to Make Your Windows XP Genuine

by Bilal Ahmad

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If your Window XP is not genuine and you want to make it genuine then there is a simple tip for you. This is free and  no need to pay a single penny for making your Window XP genuine. Use the features of a full version and enjoy a genuine windows for free.

follow the below steps to make windows XP genuine.

How to Make Windows XP Genuine

1:- Open NotePad from Start Menu and paste the following code in your notepad program.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersion]
“CurrentBuild”=”1.511.1 () (Obsolete data – do not use)”
“ProductId”=”55274-640-1011873-23081″
“DigitalProductId”=hex:a4,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,35,35,32,37,34,2d,36,34,30,2d,
31,30,31,31,38,37,33,2d,32,33,30,38,31,00,2e,00,00,00,41,32,32,2d,30,30,30,
30,31,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,86,56,4e,4c,21,1b,2b,6a,a3,78,8e,8f,98,5c,00,00,
00,00,00,00,dd,da,47,41,cc,6b,06,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,38,31,30,32,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b5,16,
00,00,83,83,1f,38,f8,01,00,00,f5,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,e5,70,f3
“LicenseInfo”=hex:33,b7,21,c1,e5,e7,cd,4b,fd,7c,c6,35,51,fd,52,57,17,86,3e,18,
d3,f4,8c,8e,35,32,7b,d1,43,8d,61,38,60,a4,ca,55,c9,9a,35,17,46,7a,4f,91,fc,
4a,d9,db,64,5c,c4,e2,0f,34,f3,ea
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWPAEvents]
“OOBETimer”=hex:ff,d5,71,d6,8b,6a,8d,6f,d5,33,93,fd

2. Now save the file on the name of Genuine.reg (Make sure to save it with .reg extension.). Save the file on Desktop

3:- Close the file and go to Desktop and double click on the file you just saved. Run the file.

4:- Your Windows XP is now genuine. Restart your windows and that’s it.

Second Method

If you are not lucky and the above method is not working for you then don’t worry you can try this one.

1. Download this file

2. Extract it and Run the file.

3. Now go to genuine microsoft software and click on the button “Validate Windows”

4. Done

3rd Method

Even if the above two methods are also not working for you, then try this one.

1. Click on “Start>Run” and enter regedit.

2. Navigate to the following location.

LOCAL-MACHINE-SOFTWARE-Microsoft-Window’s NT-Current Version-WPAEvents

3. Now click on “OOBE Timer” located at right side of the box. Delete all the values and close Regedit.

4. Now click on “Start>Run” and type the following and hit enter.

%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a

5. One the next page select “Use Phone to Activate” and click on “Change Product Key”. A box will be shown where you need to enter the following Product Key.

77D6F-94376-8hGKG-VRDRQ

OR

JG28K-H9Q7X-BH6W4-3PDCQ-6XBFJ

6. Click on “Update” and then “Remember Later” option. Once you are done, Restart your PC.

7. Now the final step is to enter the below code again in “Start>Run” to make sure that your windows is genuine.

%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a

Now your Windows XP is Genuine. Don’t forget to read my previous article about winzip alternatives.

Note:- This post is for educational purpose only. We don’t take any responsibility for any kind of damage to your System. However all the methods are tested and proved damage free. Use of any kind of patch, kegen or trick is illegal and you should not involve in such activities.

Do share your thoughts below in the comments section.

{ 115 comments… read them below or add one }

Chethan January 29, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Liked this tutorial.. need to give it a try..

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Asad January 30, 2010 at 5:30 pm

don’t work for me

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Chand January 30, 2010 at 5:37 pm

Asad@ Did you paste the exact code in notepad.

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Asad February 1, 2010 at 9:27 am

yes and it entered in the registry successfully after validation it says
This copy of Windows did not pass genuine validation.
The product key found on this computer is not valid for use in your region.

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hina July 17, 2011 at 1:48 pm

same problm, with me
i also paste the same code on notepad bt it is not saved with the name of genuine.reg.it saved just as genuine.
you may b a victim of software conterfaiting.
This copy of Windows did not pass Genuine validation.
what should i do?

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mina October 31, 2011 at 4:49 am

Dear, change the file extension from (.txt) to .reg

you can do this by Command Prompt or you can do this within windows. if you know how to show “known files extensions” ;-)
OR
you can save file at c:\ (root location of primary drive.) once done then run “CMD” command
your will be at “C:\Documents and Settings\[your profile/login name]>” with black windows
execute following commands:
1: cd \
2: ren genuine.txt genuine.reg
3: exit

You are done here. Open “my computer” and browse to the c:\ now you will see the same file turns into Reg file appears in green cube blocks. now hit it and you will make your windows XP genuine

Cheers

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Chand February 2, 2010 at 6:59 am

Ohh let me check this again, but it worked fine for me.

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frustrated February 7, 2010 at 3:48 am

it doesn’t work for me T_T.. “registry editing has been disabled by your administrator”

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Chand February 7, 2010 at 5:29 am

Furstrated@ Which version of window XP you are using. Is it SP1 or SP2?

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Larry June 13, 2010 at 1:38 am

It works but after I restart my comp it’s back to being ungenuine.
I need to install Service Pack 3. After it installs, windows restarts and needs to be verified before it lets you use the computer.
Is there any way to keep windows genuine after you restart your computer?

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mr. August 31, 2010 at 3:15 pm

same issue happen to me also
“yes and it entered in the registry successfully after validation it says
This copy of Windows did not pass genuine validation.
The product key found on this computer is not valid for use in your region.”

My system
window xp professional
version 2002
service pack 2

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hand182 September 12, 2010 at 5:09 am

where should i save the file??
it can be anywhere or should be in windows registry??

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Bilal Ahmad September 12, 2010 at 8:25 am

handi82@ Save the file on your desktop with .reg extension and then run it.

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vipul May 16, 2013 at 9:30 pm

Your 3rd way is the best.It helped me with in 1st try

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Spiky October 11, 2010 at 2:49 pm

I downloaded d file from the given link but still when it’s not working.
I tried 2 upadte my pc but it says that the key in ur pc is not genuine
:(

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RS October 21, 2010 at 2:07 am

Great! The 2nd method works for me. Thanks!

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Shahbaz November 2, 2010 at 8:12 am

It not works for me, message shown is ” Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator. what will i do now ?

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Binod November 9, 2010 at 8:27 am

I went through 1st method, but couldn’t work. Again Second one but when I click on ” validate wondow” botton, it ask me to purchase validate code.
Plz help me to make “windows 7 build 7600″ genune.

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Javel November 10, 2010 at 3:17 am

hi, the first way help me. thank you very much

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SGFoxe November 16, 2010 at 5:02 pm

i bought an asus netbook off craigslist with windows pro xp engineered to tiny xp … no problem for a good 18 months 2 years until i, at the suggestion of our office’s i/t person, since i was running out of space, transferred my virus program from avast to the msn security system — which is when the black pirate screen &c began to appear. our i/t guy put in some magic code to make my tiny xp pass tests — which indeed it did.

however, after i transferred some programs to a card, got rid of the truncated office program (only 4 gig on the virtual harddisk) to create some room, the updates on the windows xp totally flooded my tiny excuse for a hard drive and used it all up … rendering my little asus virtually unusable

my question — is msn deliberately flooding xp programs w/updates since they are outphasing them now?

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Aditya09 November 29, 2010 at 12:35 pm

@ Shahbaz viruses causes your error. I had it once, forgot how to fix it lol
I had the problem with Windows Media Player.
And both way works and thankz a million man :D
The 2nd step is the same as first step. Just with us doing no work. lol

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Guide December 6, 2010 at 1:08 pm

Add op to the post that restart is required otherwise this will not work.
Cheers.

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adi December 23, 2010 at 1:05 pm

it did work for me the easy way u can find thnx

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service apartments delhi January 31, 2011 at 11:33 am

Really useful code….I format my pc many time for the cause of Windows Genuine. but after this code may be my this problem will be solved out.

thanks

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robi February 7, 2011 at 5:44 pm

thanks buddy…
it works for me as well….

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ericsson Arc February 16, 2011 at 10:26 pm

it don`t work here for me

But i try again

Ciao

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Gon February 20, 2011 at 9:53 am

Mate, it is not working for me. I have Windows XP Service Pack 3.

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Aminu Haruna February 23, 2011 at 7:54 am

Please, help to make my window a genuine one

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Prashant February 28, 2011 at 2:24 pm

didnt work for me too mate..

i was having a one click solution before… but i lost it… :-(

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Nick games March 3, 2011 at 12:59 pm

This copy of Windows did not pass genuine validation. or use notepad

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xpsolutions March 4, 2011 at 9:02 am

Does Not Work… Any other working formula?

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uttam April 12, 2011 at 6:37 am

IT WORKED FOR ME. I CAN ISTALL WMP 11 NOW…. GREAT DUDE

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Kaushik April 22, 2011 at 1:14 pm

Thanks a lot man :D :D no other wga cracks or other dint work for me but this worked just like a charm thnx thnx thnx

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Bilal May 2, 2011 at 1:54 pm

Can we update the windows after the crack

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rajan May 7, 2011 at 8:19 am

where should i paste the codes of 1st method to get my windows genuine

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she May 14, 2011 at 6:22 am

hi!I tried to install the code but it didn’t work for me..can you help me please?i am using windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3

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Nicko May 20, 2011 at 2:32 pm

Has everyone forgotten that there is a windows 7. Forget XP, Windows 7 is the one to get for free????

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Taral May 31, 2011 at 9:14 am

Yehhh. . . its working. . . .ThanQ.. .

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likhit June 10, 2011 at 11:12 am

man this is not working for me plz can help

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DA June 20, 2011 at 9:24 pm

you have to go to the registry editor and click properties of the WPAEvents then Deny access to the SYSTEM ‘user’. then the system wont change it every time you restart.

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Ang June 21, 2011 at 6:16 am

Awesome
Thank you

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A to Z Tutorials Of Technologies ! July 8, 2011 at 8:45 am

Thanks for Awesome tips !

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Sam July 11, 2011 at 11:21 pm

Hi, what about this “. Does i have to delete them

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scott July 27, 2011 at 2:07 pm

great info. need to mention that you open the .reg file after saving it

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AllTopTricks July 31, 2011 at 5:52 pm

Nice Info Bilal….Keep Sharing :)

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krishna August 6, 2011 at 10:13 pm

Its not worked for me……..
Wat to do I now????

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krishna August 6, 2011 at 10:14 pm

Its saying U need to give a unicode wen i am trying do 1st method..
plz any1 can help me???

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tarun August 9, 2011 at 6:53 pm

after pasting it in notepad and saving as genuine.reg it is saying that it is in encode format urs is in apsn format change toencode ,can i change it

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harpreet August 12, 2011 at 4:27 pm

thanks man the file worked………………………………. do u have more tricks like that?

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Ganesan K August 12, 2011 at 7:22 pm

Dear Bilal,

Thanks for sharing how to tweak acticvation.. Thanks once again keep posted like this more..

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Abhinav August 22, 2011 at 6:52 pm

Thanks Bilal………………..awesome trick……….I wasn’t aware of this

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Marzan Chowdhury August 26, 2011 at 12:01 am

real good tweak this saved the day awesome post dude

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Sam September 5, 2011 at 9:55 am

Very Nice man, Thanks your blog is good

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iPhone 5 September 13, 2011 at 10:23 pm

Thank You Bilal i needed this to activate my xp on this system.

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surender nayyar September 13, 2011 at 11:04 pm

i hav an acer aspire 4743z laptop and using window xp.but my VGA;is not working so i need ur help pls reply

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wez September 19, 2011 at 11:48 pm

hi will this work with XP sp1

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Ritesh @ TechSpacia September 22, 2011 at 2:30 am

surprised! i never heard that a windows copy can be made genuine with such tricks!
anyway… thanks for letting everyone know about this trick.

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Ayush sharma September 22, 2011 at 5:06 pm

u don’t put \(slash) between hkey_local_machine software microsoft windows and currentversion i think may be its wrong Is it??? or its correct plz tell me i can not test it coz im using 7……..

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maran September 28, 2011 at 7:53 pm

hey dude, i cudnt find validate button anywher

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Sridhar Nadiger October 4, 2011 at 1:38 pm

hey dude, it second method worked for me, my windows got genuine, thanks for this…

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AK May 26, 2012 at 11:36 pm

HI dude..

It updated the keys for me.. but give validation error as worng region…
which region are you in…

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Indu October 13, 2011 at 10:29 pm

It doesn’t work for my windows xp sp-2. I tried a lot. But all in vain.. Please help me…

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mark_ksa October 16, 2011 at 10:19 am

not working also for me buddy…is there any way to make my windows genuine?tnx

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sim October 20, 2011 at 11:20 am

Is it legal?

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Shivam Singh October 26, 2011 at 10:41 am

great trick!!!! the second one worked for me…….!

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Recycle Mobile Phone October 26, 2011 at 10:44 am

IT WORKS! HAHA! My Win XP box is now a legitimate one. Thanks Bilal

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Blogging tips October 28, 2011 at 9:39 am

This can be function to windows 7?, please answer

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Aarthi July 4, 2012 at 6:53 pm

shall i try for windows 7

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AAki November 14, 2011 at 6:07 am

second method is saved as license.reg is it correct?

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Mohd Imran November 19, 2011 at 12:07 am

Your Second method really works for me.This helped me for
installing media player 11.

Thanx Bilal.

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vishnu November 23, 2011 at 11:11 pm

have just used first method and it showed information updated in registery…. now how can i check whether my copy is now genuine or not?

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anurag December 8, 2011 at 10:20 pm

ohh…it works thank you sarwesh you as a coool man my xp is now ginuen.thankyou

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nur aqidah December 21, 2011 at 10:46 pm

:( sir…can u teach me step by step please….i’m not good with computer..i tried paste the code for many2 times..it says something about the key has been changed..but there is still ‘this copy of window did not pass genuine windows validation..and i also try the second step..and i don’t know what i do wrong… :( :( :(

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kambham January 2, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Hi,

I stuckup in the middle plz, help me……
How to validate that ref file., is there any options available at microsoft website. & How can i know that xp is genuine.

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Sayeed April 17, 2012 at 11:46 am

Hi
The 1st method is not working after completing all the steps. So
i applied the second one. But I am not finding the ‘Validate Windows’ in the last Step. Plz help.

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Mayank April 22, 2012 at 12:47 am

Bro… It did work in a better way with me.. but after restarting the computer… the message still appear that my windows is not genuine….!!
what should i do now..??

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Alok kumar May 21, 2012 at 11:24 am

thanks dude it works for me

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blackgoldknight May 26, 2012 at 2:14 am

Thank you very much for the help. I had issues at first with the validation after restarting my computer, but followed DA’s advice went to the registry editor and denied access to the SYSTEM user.

To do this, I followed the following procedure:
1.) Start->Run->typed “regedit” and clicked OK.
2.) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-> SOFTWARE-> Microsoft-> Windows NT-> WPAEvents
3.) Right click on WPAEvents-> Permissions…-> SYSTEM-> Click ‘Deny’ under ‘Full Control’

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AK May 26, 2012 at 11:15 pm

Hi, It worked for me, but validation fails stating the different region / country as reason.

Which region country are you guys in for whom this worked.
any idea who to deal this.

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Sandra May 27, 2012 at 9:11 pm

thank you so much the second solved it :D

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jenni May 30, 2012 at 10:07 pm

worked for me, I have Windows XP

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Tapan June 2, 2012 at 11:41 pm

it’s work thanks dude but now i faced another problem is how we show that our xp became genuine just guide me how we check it out that i m waiting and once more time thank dude

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Darwin June 6, 2012 at 1:35 am

Guys nothing needs to be done to avoid the notifications.
Only do the following-
Launch RegEdit in run command.
Browse to the following location-
Hkey-local-machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current version\Winglogon\Notify
now delete d folder ‘Wgalogon’and all its content
now restart ur computer and its done
Enjoy.

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Reza June 16, 2012 at 12:26 am

yes thank you very much i entered in the registry successfully and it is working nice after longtime i am block by windows genuine microsoft software validation with black skin after that my previous wall paper sows.Now can I enable windows security or go to the Microsoft site for any update?

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sam June 21, 2012 at 2:05 am

i have tried this but when new updates comes it gives error and my windows show genuine error

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ibraheem June 22, 2012 at 1:22 pm

i cant understand which file download in 2nd method

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Rohan July 4, 2012 at 12:40 pm

It worked. My windows is genuine

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epub creator July 5, 2012 at 3:36 pm

It works for me, thx for the tips!

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dharme July 13, 2012 at 1:28 pm

i use window 7!!!!!is there any alternative for me to make ungenuine

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namngailu lengpa July 18, 2012 at 10:59 am

not working …. tried both of the methods…useless

it says the version you’re looking for purchase is no longer available
check to see if your pc supports windows7

and I thought I was trying to validate my XP

Plz help

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hirak hemant bhattarai July 30, 2012 at 3:27 pm

i did the process bt there is still saying that the windows dint pass the genuine…….xp sp 3….after cubase 6 n nuendo 4 did not work on windows 7 i changed it to xp…..bt xp is saying not genuine plzz help me

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rishibha August 5, 2012 at 7:53 am

yeah….. i also try it!!! bt its fail…… it shows ur computer is not genuine….. somebody plz help me….:(

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MidniTe August 7, 2012 at 5:20 pm

it works baba!!!!!!

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MidniTe August 7, 2012 at 5:18 pm

worked for me!!!!!!!
dos dumb ppl who didnt get it shame on u:p

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Ragupathy Baskaran August 13, 2012 at 10:31 am

I tried to paste the code given above in Notepad. But when I tried to save it in Desktop, the following message appeared on the screen.
“This file contains characters in Unicode format which will be lost if you save this file as an ANSI encoded text file. To keep the unicode information, click cancel below and then select one of the unicode options from the Encoding drop down list. Continue ? ”
WHAT TO DO ?

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Darvesh August 23, 2012 at 7:42 pm

when validate it shows
“The product key used to activate Windows on your PC is a volume license key that has been blocked by Microsoft.”

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rennnn August 28, 2012 at 6:23 pm

it work for me thnx man

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Additya August 29, 2012 at 11:17 pm

If u hav Quick heal total security key or crack for full version then plz send me…….

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Arsie Organo Jr September 4, 2012 at 6:43 pm

Hi Bilal, does the registry code still working? I will install Windows XP on my brother’s computer this coming weekend and I would like to know if it is working otherwise I will ask him to buy a license copy of Windows 7 instead. Thanks.

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Bilal Ahmad September 4, 2012 at 7:14 pm

Arsie@ For some users it works and for some it is not working. If you follow the steps correctly then i am sure it will work. Also read the comments posted by the users to see further solution if you get any problem during the process.

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zubair jadran September 13, 2012 at 11:22 pm

its really working !! than you so much

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blastingzone September 15, 2012 at 10:53 pm

Great! Thanks a lot! 2nd method worked for me!

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Arsh September 29, 2012 at 9:03 am

WOW…THANKS MAN IT REALLY WORKED….

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umer November 4, 2012 at 10:25 pm

Here its problem bilal bro.
it says :http://prntscr.com/ixt9h
Please Littile Help Here !

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Taha November 23, 2012 at 11:26 am

I highly doubt this will work what is Bilal bhia sahab talking about … download file … extracted to desktop .. run license.reg … ??? o shea it works … go back online … down .. down .. Leave a comment: Thanks for the mod, worked for me. I have win xp pro 32x sp2 … chears

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flexiload December 5, 2012 at 10:49 pm

New website.
Great information you have provides. but needed for the win7

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sahib December 22, 2012 at 9:29 am

great work……
works on my both systems

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s_singh January 7, 2013 at 7:06 pm

My problem is unique, I am not able to access my PC. Every time I select “Resolve now” or Resolve Later”, it comes back to same screen. I lived with the annoying popup for couple of months but now I am not able to access my PC

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sanaullah February 8, 2013 at 1:39 pm

follow the below steps to make windows XP genuine.
1) start > run > “regedit” (without the quotes of course)

2) go to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\… NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents\OOBETimer

…and doubleclick on it. Then change some of the value data to ANYTHING ELSE…delete some, add some letters, I don’t care…just change it!

now close out regedit.

3) go to start > run > “%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a” (again, dont type the quotes)

4) the activation screen will come up, click on register over telephone, then click on CHANGE PRODUCT KEY, enter in this key: JG28K-H9Q7X-BH6W4-3PDCQ-6XBFJ.

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jorja March 15, 2013 at 5:33 pm

if I will run the regedit, it will say:
registry edit has been disabled by administrator

how is that?

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sanaullah February 8, 2013 at 1:41 pm

now ur WINDOW ACTIVE 100%

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aaftab March 16, 2013 at 5:45 pm

my windows is activate please help me…..

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MUTULWA April 15, 2013 at 6:13 pm

I’m new here on, but I find it interesting and educational. Thx

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Abubakar Ismail May 7, 2013 at 2:37 pm

Hi, very helpful keep on…..

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Abir May 14, 2013 at 6:38 pm

Dude awesome shit…keep it up the 2nd solution worked for me!!!!!!!

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