Timebomb +180 days after original install date Cert. expiry 2001-08-01 (+184 days) Product key DTWB2-VX8WY-FG8R3-X696T-66Y46
"Windows Product Activation" "Windows Product Activation is now functional and prevents logon after 14 days of installation. However Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, or Safe Mode with Command Prompt will bypass this and it can then be disabled by setting the value of "ActivationRequired" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon to 0."
Another good web for checking this things out is:https://www.thecollectionbook.info/windows | It has time bombs BIOS dates and screenshots. Pretty Good I always use it for beta downloading for longhorn and whistler!
Anyone still confused about changing bios time, or if it didn't work, an alternate solution (someone already pointed out but it doesn't seem to have garnered any notice).
Just change the date on your host system. Make sure you're offline so it doesn't revert itself. Make certain you're within the evaluation period date for the beta (Betawiki will tell you what the date range is for that beta).
THEN boot into setup on the VM. No bios needed. The guest will assume whatever date you set your host to.
Also, the 2428 "ActivationRequired=1" trick does stop 2428 from locking you out with WPA, but the timebomb will still work.
For anyone who doesn't want to use a third party program to fix this, know that most Whistler timebombs (but not all) can be undone if you set your host date back into the evaluation period range again, then shut down and re-open the VM (do NOT just reboot it, you have to completely turn it off and then turn it back on from the VM emulator menu). Somehow, even if the timebomb has activated on the beta system, it'll suddenly stop and let you in again without a BSOD two hours in. Remember, it doesn't work on all Whistler builds; 2442 for example does not budge.
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Windows XP build 2433 and the wanted whistlings (set the date to 2001-02-06): https://archive.org/details/SomeWindowsWhistlerISOs
Windows XP build 2442, Simplified Chinese (set the date to 2001-02-17): https://archive.org/details/whistler-2442
Windows XP build 2446 (set the date to 2001-04-24): https://archive.org/details/usa_2446__x86fre.pro_whistler_202003
Windows XP build 2454 (missing files): missing, no link in bing search
Windows XP build 2457 (testing version) (set the date to 2001-01-30): https://archive.org/details/windows-whistler-build-2457
Windows XP build 2458 (interim build): missing, no link in betaarchive
Windows XP build 2459: missing, no link in betaarchive
Help in remove timebomb i tried TweakNT but don't works
https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_XP_build_2428
Timebomb +180 days after original install date
Cert. expiry 2001-08-01 (+184 days)
Product key DTWB2-VX8WY-FG8R3-X696T-66Y46
"Windows Product Activation"
"Windows Product Activation is now functional and prevents logon after 14 days of installation. However Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, or Safe Mode with Command Prompt will bypass this and it can then be disabled by setting the value of "ActivationRequired" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon to 0."
Just change the date on your host system. Make sure you're offline so it doesn't revert itself. Make certain you're within the evaluation period date for the beta (Betawiki will tell you what the date range is for that beta).
THEN boot into setup on the VM. No bios needed. The guest will assume whatever date you set your host to.
Also, the 2428 "ActivationRequired=1" trick does stop 2428 from locking you out with WPA, but the timebomb will still work.
For anyone who doesn't want to use a third party program to fix this, know that most Whistler timebombs (but not all) can be undone if you set your host date back into the evaluation period range again, then shut down and re-open the VM (do NOT just reboot it, you have to completely turn it off and then turn it back on from the VM emulator menu). Somehow, even if the timebomb has activated on the beta system, it'll suddenly stop and let you in again without a BSOD two hours in. Remember, it doesn't work on all Whistler builds; 2442 for example does not budge.