Add to my list
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Click on the My Product Key tab along the top of the application. The product
key on the computer will be displayed. (Run this on a Windows XP machine.)
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You have the same option as before to save the product key to a file by clicking
the Add to my list button or you can change the product key to another one
by editing the lower text area filled with Xs. (This is not recommended.)
You can also back up the Windows Product Activation (WPA) file by
clicking on the Click here to save WPA.DBL. For the purposes of this lab,
assume that the attacker wants to simply bypass the Windows XP product key
verification process on another computer he or she owns and document the
product key identified.
Once you have documented (or saved) the product key of a valid Windows
XP computer, close the RockXP application.
Open the Notepad application by clicking on Start/Programs/Accessories/
Notepad.
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Enter the following text, as shown.
*Note: You are writing a Visual Basic (VB) Script. This book will not go into details
of becoming a VB Script programmer; just take it on faith that this script
works when typed correctly. For the Xs listed in the script, enter the product
key obtained with RockXP. Notice that the second time you enter the product
key in the script you need to remove the hyphens.
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Save the file as ChangeVLKey.
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