Posted by Stanley1676 Day ago, There are 7 comments, 19259 views
By Jan Libbenga
Published Friday 3rd June 2005 12:34 GMT
German computer magazine C'T claims that by changing only 2 bytes from the file setupreg.hiv in Windows's XP Home kit, users can get access to certain functions only avalaible in Windows XP Professional, such as Remote Desktop, User management and enhanced security features.
C'T writes in its latest print issue (in German only) that you need to copy the root directory and the i386 directory of the WindowsXP CD to your harddisk, extract the Bootsector of your WindowsXP CD and change only 2 bytes in i386Setupreg.hiv by using Regedit. In fact all you have to do is edit the binary key "default" and change "01" to "00" and "02" to "00" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHomekeyControlSet001Servicessetupdd, C'T claims.
There is one big drawback, though. Users won't be able to install Service Pack 2, unless they integrate SP2 in the installation CD. And that's probably too much trouble for most users, who of course are better off buying a legal version anyway. It is expected that Microsoft will change the setup files soon to prevent this hack. ®
Re: Hack can upgrade XP Home to XP Pro Lite by BrollyLSSJ on 2005-06-07 18:48:35
It is too much trouble to integrate the SP2 into the installation CD ? It is easy as hell ^^. Just one command at the run task. Or, if you are too lazy, you should use nLite ^^. Im using nLite to integrate HotFixes on my Windows XP inclusive SP2 Installation CD-RW.
nLite is cool prog, but it patches some files, for example, winlogon.exe (this patch removes WPA).
Microsoft don't like this :-(((. I am using nLite only for testing.
P.S. Sorry for my English, I am Russian.
Re: Hack can upgrade XP Home to XP Pro Lite by l3g1oN on 2005-06-07 23:25:56
so nows anybody an easy way to do?
if not, this is it not worth for me
Re: Hack can upgrade XP Home to XP Pro Lite by eggs_of_salmonela on 2005-06-08 00:58:57
Its good to know ,but who acctualy have this crippled Os Win Xp home who cant be joined on domain
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