I need this info too (changing Windows 2000 product key). I DO have a legitimage, legal, and necessary reason to do this.
We are transferring ownership of some computers that have Windows 2000 on them. The PC's were purchased with their own Windows 2000 license originally, but are currently under our company VLA Corporate license and have had Windows 2000 installed with our corporate product key. Legally, when we transfer ownership of those PC's, we have to change the product code on those PC's back to the product code that came with each PC originally so they are no longer associated with our Corporate product key. Obviously, we could just reinstall Windows 2000 on those PC's and use the other product code, but we'd VERY much like to avoid that if possible.
(Please don't give me a lecture on transferring ownership and data and privacy concerns. All of that has been considered and there are other factors involved. The PC's will still be used for the same business purpose, so even if we wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows, all the same software and data will still be put back on them. It's only the legal ownership of the PC's that's being transferred from our company to another entity that's in partnership with our company.)
Thank you.
