Changing Product Key

This is a discussion about Changing Product Key in the Windows Software category; Hi Guys, Once Windows is activated is there a way to change the working product key. I just want to see what happens, when you put a wrong product key. Does it ask for activation or what happens. Thanks A.

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Hi Guys,
 
Once Windows is activated is there a way to change the working product key. I just want to see what happens, when you put a wrong product key. Does it ask for activation or what happens.
 
Thanks
A.R.

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Hi,
 
As far as I remember it was somewhere under this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
It worked for Windows98/ME so I am not sure how's with WindowsXP...
 
-Andrej

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the ID is stored but not the key
the ID is generated frome the key