Friday, October 01, 2004

Windows Product Activation (WPA) - wpa.dbl and wpa.bak

Windows Product Activation (WPA) - wpa.dbl and wpa.bak
HINT No. 3: It is valuable to back up the two files WPA.DBL and WPA.BAK from the Windows\System32 folder.Then, should they get damaged, or should you do a ‘Repair’ reinstallation of Win XP, these files can be copied back to restore the prior activation status. However, this only works in those limited circumstances. The contents of these two files is matched to the specific Windows setup; therefore, contrary to what many journalists and members of the user community have written in recent months, restoring these files will not restore your activation status following a reformat and clean install.

Gee, I thought it sounded too easy ...

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