XP Installation/OEM or Retail Disks

[ErnieK]

Unlocking WinXP's setupp.ini
(Using Upgrade for Full install)

WinXP's setupp.ini controls how the CD acts. ie. Is it an OEM version or retail? First, find your setupp.ini file in the i386 directory on your WinXP CD. Open it up, it'll look something like this:
EDITED
EDITED
The Pid value is what we're interested in. What's there now looks like a standard default. There are special numbers that determine if it's a retail, oem, or volume license edition. ...EDITED...
EDITED
EDITED
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So if you wanted a retail CD that took retail keys, the last line of your setupp.ini file would read:
EDITED
And if you wanted a retail CD that took OEM keys, you'd use:
EDITED

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Ernie


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[sea69]

so, going by this fomula- the &^$ means volume license- are the 1st (5) numbers supposed to be the same in all copies?

cause this one's different-

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[rond36]

Retail Upgrade(my Athlon system)

[Pid]
EDITED
EDITED

OEM Full(my P4 system)

[Pid]
EDITED
EDITED

So does this meen if I copied the i386 folder to my hard drive and changed EDITED to sea's EDITED my Win XP OEM would install like a Volume License copy without activation

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[Paul Komski]

It looks a very similar setup to Win2K. In Win2K the first five characters are the same as your Registration Number. The *$% triplet works in similar fashion. But it's the extra data that interests me. I think this may be the encoded product id, which is written somewhere on the HDD in binary form - I had presumed this was the bit that relates to product activation - but maybe not.


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[Paleo Pete]

Sorry guys, this one's not headed in a good direction. I don't like the XP activation scheme any more than anyone else, but I cannot allow info on bypassing it, which is what this is. This topic is closed and all pertinent informaiton will be deleted.

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