With regard to Windows activation, some of you may (or may not
) find the following of interest....
licdll.dll
This is the main element in the WPA. Disabling this, means you can't start the WPA again until you re-enable it again.
This is recommended only if you already activated your LEGAL copy of XP to prevent pesky re-activation notices following hardware swap-outs.
Whether your copy is one of Bill's own, The Devil's own, or one of yer mates
, it's worth disabling
Regwizc.dll
It doesn't affect your WPA, but it does make it possible to check your registration data/details.
You can disable both of these through a nifty free utility;
XP Antispy
I use after a fresh rebuild, and as the writers claim..
This utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP
1 more thing....make sure you renable the dll's before trying to apply any service packs etc. SP1 crashes the installation if these are disabled
Hope this helps