Re: Fixing a illegal xp installation

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From: Michael Stevens (mstevens_at_bogusmvps.org)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:12:37 -0800

Michael Stevens wrote:
> Lyle wrote:
>> Hi , Back in december 03 , I purchased what was supposed to be a full
>> version of xp home on Ebay. It turned out to be a oem version that
>> would not activate. When I complained to the seller , He send me a
>> program called Reset501. Whiched worked fine till now. So it is time
>> to fix the problem. If I go buy a retail xp home . Is there a way to
>> install it , without doing a fresh install.
>> Regards
>> Lyle
>
> Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address
> box if using the web based newsgroup.
> I need to change my XP Product KEY #18
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#18

Remove the reset5 hack before changing anything.
The following courtesy Harry Ohrn, MVP.

This installs a number of files and runs an executable, as a service,
that by passes the grace time limit for XP/2003. The hack will run fine
on XP or SP1 but when SP2 is installed it renders the hacked system
unable to boot to the Desktop and unable to boot into Safe Mode to
remove the hack. The hack is removed by locating and deleting the
installed files or by running an uninstaller. One way to determine if
the hack was installed on a system is to use the Recovery Console or
NTFS Reader for DOS then look for and try deleting the
following:

Windows\reset5.dt1
Windows\reset5.dt3
Windows\Prefetch\RESET5.EXE-23A0DD0C.pf
Windows\system32\reset5.dat
Windows\system32\reset5.dll
Windows\system32\reset5.exe
Windows\system32\REGOBJ.DLL
Windows\system32\resetservice.exe
Windows\system32\srvany.exe
Windows\system32\resetwpa.reg
Windows\system32\resetwpa.LOG

However because the hack was used to by pass activation, once these
files
are removed one will not be able to boot to the Desktop if the Grace
period
has expired. In which case telephone activation is required. 

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