Here Is One Of The Most Easy Ways To Validate Your Illegal Copy Of Windows:

**Follow These Steps:

1) Open Notepad
2) Paste the following info in quotes:
3) In notepad click <file> then <save>.
4) For file type in the save dialog box select "all files" and for the filename type in <yourname>.reg or whatever you want. It doesn't matter as long as it has the .reg extension.
5) Click save.
6) Double click the file thats now on your desktop.
7) It will ask you "are you sure?"
8) Tell It Yes.

Now To See That It Worked, Go Here:
and click on "Validate Windows" over on the right.

If ask about install ActiveX just click Install.

Tested on Windows XP SP1, SP2 and SP3. It works. ENJOY!