Hy one question, one of my friends has a computer with a corporate installation. He dont know a oem installation. He has a HP computer but lost the installation cd. He installed all his necessary programms, so i dont want to reinstall everything. I have a ultraboot cd, where i have access to the drive and the registry and can the key and everything. IS it possible to replace the oembios files etc... to change the corporate into the oem HP installation ? So is it possible what im thinking of replacing the oembios files etc ? Thanks
If your friend has the original key on the system try this. It works very well. Steps to create a new XP OEM CD. Handy if you’ve lost the vendor’s original CD, and you want to use the key that’s on the physical PC. Using a retail or MSDN CD won’t help, as your key won’t be accepted. 1. Copy the full CD contents to your hard drive 2. Point nLite to your source as per above, and configure to your heart’s content. 3. Modify the ‘Pid’ number in the file “setupp.ini” to match the key you’re looking to use (note the double ‘P’ in the file name) . It resides in the I386 folder. See below for a list of PID keys. I’ve read that the CD Label sometimes needs to match the version of Windows on the disc in order for the installation to work. See below also for a list of CD labels 4. Burn/Create ISO and install. Dell 55274OEM Fujitsu 76487OEM Compaq/HP 55274OEM MSDN 76487000 MSDN 55274000 name the cd as follows: XP Combo Home/Pro = WXPHFPP_EN XP Home Retail = WXHFPP_EN XP Home Retail w/ SP1 = XRMHFPP_EN XP Home Retail w/ SP1a = X1AHFPP_EN XP Home Retail w/ SP2 = VRMHFPP_EN XP Home Upgrade = WXHCCP_EN XP Home Upgrade W/SP1 = XRMHCCP_EN XP Home Upgrade W/SP1a = X1AHCCP_EN XP Home Upgrade W/SP2 = VRMHCCP_EN XP Home OEM = WXHOEM_EN XP Home OEM w/ SP1 = XRMHOEM_EN XP Home OEM w/ SP1a = X1AHOEM_EN XP Home OEM w/ SP2 = VRMHOEM_EN XP Home Volume = WXHVOL_EN XP Home Volume W/ SP1 = XRMHVOL_EN XP Home Volume W/ SP1a = X1AHVOL_EN XP Home Volume W/ SP2 = VRMHVOL_EN XP Pro Retail = WXPFPP_EN XP Pro Retail w/ SP1 = XRMPFPP_EN XP Pro Retail w/ SP1a = X1APFPP_EN XP Pro Retail w/ SP2 = VRMPFPP_EN XP Pro Upgrade = WXPCCP_EN XP Pro Upgrade w/ SP1 = XRMPCCP_EN XP Pro Upgrade w/ SP1a = X1APCCP_EN XP Pro Upgrade w/ SP2 = VRMPCCP_EN XP Pro OEM = WXPOEM_EN XP Pro OEM w/ SP1 = XRMPOEM_EN XP Pro OEM w/ SP1a = X1APOEM_EN XP Pro OEM w/ SP2 = VRMPOEM_EN XP Pro Volume = WXPVOL_EN XP Pro Volume w/ SP1 = XRMPVOL_EN XP Pro Volume w/ SP1a = X1APVOL_EN XP Pro Volume w/ SP2 = VRMPVOL_EN XP Pro Tablet PC w/SP1 Disc1 = XRMPFPP_EN XP Pro Tablet PC w/SP1a Disc1 = X1APFPP_EN XP Pro Tablet PC w/SP2 Disc1 = VRMPFPP_EN XP Pro MSDN = WXPFPP_EN XP Pro MSDN w/ SP1 = XRMPFPP_EN XP Pro MSDN w/ SP1a = X1APFPP_EN XP Pro MSDN w/ SP2 = VRMPFPP_EN XP Pro Evaluation = WXPEVL_EN Also you can change a XP cd from Retail to VLK or OEM by the following: Please note you must own a legal copy with a legit CD Key....... WinXP's setupp.ini controls how the cd acts. IE, is it OEM version or retail? First, find your setupp.ini file in the i386 directory on your WinXP cd. Open it up, it'll look somthing like this: ExtraData=707A667567736F696F697911AE7E05 Pid=55034000 The Pid value is what we're interested in. What's there now looks like standard default. There are special numbers that determine if it's a retail, oem or volume license edition. First, we break down that number into two parts. The first five digits determines how the CD will behave, ie is it a retail cd that lets you clean install or upgrade, or an oem cd that only lets you perform a cleam install? The last three digits determine what CD key it will accept. You are able to mix and match these values. For example, you could make a WinXP cd that acted like a retail cd, yet accepted OEM keys. Now, for the actual values. Remember the first and last values are interchangable, but usually you'd keep them as a pair: Retail = 51882 335 Volume license = 51883 270 OEM = 82503 OEM So if you wanted a retail CD that took retail keys, the last line of your setupp.ini file would read: Pid=51882335 And if you wanted a retail CD that took OEM keys, you'd use Pid=51882OEM Note that this does NOT get rid of WinXP's activation. Changing the Pid to a Volume License will not bypass activation. You must have a valid license key to do so. Hope this Helps