daverod Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 HI I damaged a xp installation so badly I reinstalled XP and only restored some data files. I have the same hardware and xp key. Can I restore the xp activation? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 I am not sure where that activation is located. If you have a backup of the Registry, you can restore just that. How to restore just the registry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverod Posted February 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 HI Because of some other prombems is started from scratch and can not restore the enttire registery. If I can find where the activation key is can I restore just part of the registery? thands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 You can restore individual files on the disk, but the registry is an all or nothing restore. You can not restore part of the registry. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitPusher Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 According to my "Windows XP Inside Out" book (Pg 39), the activation file is Wpa.dbl that is stored in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder. Carl E. Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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