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How I Removed the Windows XP SP3 Activation
My Windows XP Home just finished downloading and installing the SP3 file. After I restarted my PC, I was greeted by the following icon:
Uh oh. If I can’t activate or crack this WPA in 30 days, I would not be able to log in to my machine anymore. I tried the crack I used for SP2 but it won’t work with SP3. So I began searching the net but most hacks I found will just disable the alert but not the 30 day countdown.
I found a crack (ANTIWPA-V3.4.6 FOR X64 AND X86.zip) for SP3 on torrent sites. I’m very careful in using cracks on my machine so before I download the file, I made sure that my PC is clean by doing a full virus scan. Once it’s done, I downloaded the crack and extracted the contents.
One of our readers cleaned the zipped file so there’s supposed to be no risk of infection. I uploaded the file here (Ziddu) or you can get it from here (MegaUpload). Thanks Marton!
My AVG alerted me of a trojan virus on one of it’s file but I’m not alarmed though. Most cracking files whether it’s for a game or a software are always tagged as a virus by AVG so I went ahead and ran the main file to patch my Windows. Before I restarted my machine, I deleted all the crack files so AVG will stop pestering me with alerts.
Time for the moment of truth. I restarted my machine and did another full virus scan. I also did my checklist for detecting if my PC is infected by a virus by checking for:
- New files in Windows system folders
- New and odd processes that appears on my task manager
- Autorun.inf files on my drives
- Startup processes via msconfig
- Startup processes via regedit
All is clean. I typed oobe/msoobe /a on the run command and voila,
The crack worked and I can now enjoy SP3 where I noticed a bit of speed improvement especially during startup. Thanks to CW2K for creating the crack.
Hope this post helped you guys who are figuring out how to remove the WPA. Of course, piracy is illegal. This is just for educational purposes.
If this worked for you, please let others know by leaving a comment.
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thanks it totally worked….
u rock xP
It did not work here … Returning an error about the processor architucture not being ok (AMD Athlon) …. Any ideas ?
maybe you’re running 64-bit windows?
It worked like a breeze for me.. I had to reinstall my XP, as it started throwing a lot of error and BSD.. when i used my product key it showed it was not valid…
Hello! Thank you very much, it seems works! A.D. 2012 on Windows XP with SP3 (OEM). Have a nice day!
Fantastico !!
Had installed Italiano WinXP Home with SP2 on x86 to play a game.
Tried the method for changing the WPAtimer registry key first, but couldn’t login after 30 days.
But could still enter safe mode, and managed to run this crack. Worked perfectly !
After rebooting, all was fine.
Thank you Calvin & the CW2K team.
I accidentally typed in a generic product key that is logged by MS as an invalid. So even though I have the real product key as well as the product key off the disc…..and the dell computer it came with…MS product support people tell me there’s nothing they can do about it. They’re server will not allow my copy to be activated. Will this work for my issue?
works perfecty thanks a lot my friend ur verry cooool