[Martoch]

Hi guys.


Okie dokie, I've got a client PC here with XP Pro SP1 installed with a blacklisted CD Key that is already activated. The customer admitted getting the key online, but did give me a legal XP disc with a valid CD Key and asked me to change it for him. So I run the XP Key Changer program (a few different versions), but when I launch it I get "Windows is already Activated, click Ok to exit". So I tried this fix from Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;328874

Quote:

Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. In the left pane, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrent Version\WPAEvents
4. In the right pane, right-click OOBETimer, and then click Modify.
5. Change at least one digit of this value to deactivate Windows.
6. Click Start, and then click Run.
7. In the Open box, type the following command, and then click OK.
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
8. Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows, and then click Next.
9. Click Change Product key.
10. Type the new product key in the New key boxes, and then click Update.

If you are returned to the previous window, click Remind me later, and then restart the computer.
11. Repeat steps 6 and 7 to verify that Windows is activated. You receive the following message:
Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.

No help, I still get the "already activated" message when I try to change the key. Safe mode is no different as it won't even let me run the activation wizard. Logging on to the local admin account doesn't work either. I told the guy I could just reload his system with the new key, but he doesn't want to have to put everything back on it again, blah blah blah.

So...if I can't get his key changed to the legal key he just purchased, he probably won't pay me.

HELP ME GET PAID!!!


Thanks,
Mike