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07-06-2008
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| | Never Re-Activate After Installation Never Re-Activate After Installation If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again. Found this little snippet on the net what is the corresponding Vista file? Mickey |
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07-06-2008
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| | Re: Never Re-Activate After Installation Google: Vista and ABR "Mickey Mouse" <mickey@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uypDZZ23IHA.4856@xxxxxx Quote: > Never Re-Activate After Installation > > If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate > too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first > time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall > Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again. > > > > Found this little snippet on the net what is the corresponding Vista file? > > > Mickey > > |
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07-06-2008
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| | Re: Never Re-Activate After Installation Unfortunately ABR only works with OEM installs of Vista. -- Paul "Mark H" wrote: Quote: > Google: Vista and ABR > > "Mickey Mouse" <mickey@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:uypDZZ23IHA.4856@xxxxxx Quote: > > Never Re-Activate After Installation > > > > If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate > > too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first > > time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall > > Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again. > > > > > > > > Found this little snippet on the net what is the corresponding Vista file? > > > > > > Mickey > > > > |
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07-06-2008
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| | Re: Never Re-Activate After Installation I was implying that there is a "file" that is created for whatever version to document activation. "PaulB" <PaulB@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B088A003-B7C6-4648-B47E-FAFAC750E128@xxxxxx Quote: > Unfortunately ABR only works with OEM installs of Vista. > -- > Paul > > > "Mark H" wrote: > Quote: >> Google: Vista and ABR >> >> "Mickey Mouse" <mickey@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:uypDZZ23IHA.4856@xxxxxx Quote: >> > Never Re-Activate After Installation >> > >> > If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to >> > reactivate >> > too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first >> > time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you >> > reinstall >> > Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again. >> > >> > >> > >> > Found this little snippet on the net what is the corresponding Vista >> > file? >> > >> > >> > Mickey >> > >> > |
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07-06-2008
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| | Re: Never Re-Activate After Installation PS. If you make a full backup and then restore that backup, the activation is also already in place. So, it must be license file/registry. "PaulB" <PaulB@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B088A003-B7C6-4648-B47E-FAFAC750E128@xxxxxx Quote: > Unfortunately ABR only works with OEM installs of Vista. > -- > Paul > > > "Mark H" wrote: > Quote: >> Google: Vista and ABR >> >> "Mickey Mouse" <mickey@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:uypDZZ23IHA.4856@xxxxxx Quote: >> > Never Re-Activate After Installation >> > >> > If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to >> > reactivate >> > too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first >> > time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you >> > reinstall >> > Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again. >> > >> > >> > >> > Found this little snippet on the net what is the corresponding Vista >> > file? >> > >> > >> > Mickey >> > >> > |
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