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<blockquote data-quote="gazaly" data-source="post: 191378" data-attributes="member: 10197"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">I found this hack from Technipages and I think it’s pretty cool. It enables the features found in Windows XP Professional on your Windows XP Home Edition installation with this hack. It will allow you to turn your Windows XP Home CD into a Windows XP Professional CD. Now Microsoft is going to be pissed about this.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Follow the steps below on how to turn your Windows XP Home edition CD to professional!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Note: If your Windows XP CD does not contain Service Pack 2, you might want to Slipstream Your Windows XP CD first as you will not be able to upgrade an installation after using the CD.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">1. Copy the root directory and the i386 directory of the WindowsXP CD to your hard drive.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">2. Extract the Bootsector of your Windows XP CD. You can use BBIE to do this.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">3. Click START–>RUN–>REGEDIT</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">4. Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">5. Click FILE–>LOAD HIVE and select the Setupreg.hiv file</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">This file is located in the i386 folder. Use the one you extracted to your hard drive from your Windows XP CD.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">6. Locate the following registry key:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">7. Edit the DEFAULT key and change the following values:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">01 to 00</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">02 to 00</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">8. Change the name to the value HOMEKEY to anything.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">9. Locate the following registry key:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Edit the DEFAULT key and change the following values:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">01 to 00</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">02 to 00</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">10. Highlight HOMEKEY and select FILE–>UNLOAD HIVE</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">You can now burn the data on your hard drive to a CD to make a new Windows XP CD. Then use the CD to install Windows XP. Be sure to make the CD bootable. You can use the instructions here to help you do that.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed">The weird thing is your Windows XP Home serial will still be valid.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gazaly, post: 191378, member: 10197"] [SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkRed"] I found this hack from Technipages and I think it’s pretty cool. It enables the features found in Windows XP Professional on your Windows XP Home Edition installation with this hack. It will allow you to turn your Windows XP Home CD into a Windows XP Professional CD. Now Microsoft is going to be pissed about this. Follow the steps below on how to turn your Windows XP Home edition CD to professional! Note: If your Windows XP CD does not contain Service Pack 2, you might want to Slipstream Your Windows XP CD first as you will not be able to upgrade an installation after using the CD. 1. Copy the root directory and the i386 directory of the WindowsXP CD to your hard drive. 2. Extract the Bootsector of your Windows XP CD. You can use BBIE to do this. 3. Click START–>RUN–>REGEDIT 4. Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 5. Click FILE–>LOAD HIVE and select the Setupreg.hiv file This file is located in the i386 folder. Use the one you extracted to your hard drive from your Windows XP CD. 6. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd 7. Edit the DEFAULT key and change the following values: 01 to 00 02 to 00 8. Change the name to the value HOMEKEY to anything. 9. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd Edit the DEFAULT key and change the following values: 01 to 00 02 to 00 10. Highlight HOMEKEY and select FILE–>UNLOAD HIVE You can now burn the data on your hard drive to a CD to make a new Windows XP CD. Then use the CD to install Windows XP. Be sure to make the CD bootable. You can use the instructions here to help you do that. The weird thing is your Windows XP Home serial will still be valid. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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