WinXP Keygen Foils Product Activation

Bill Gates' Friend's Brother's Roommate writes: "The Register has a story on a working key generator that produces 25 valid Windows XP Product Activation Keys in a few hours. As author John Lettice summarizes, 'So the question as regards keymaking software is whether or not Microsoft has any way to differentiate between generated keys and the ones it has issued itself. If not, this generation of WPA is now surely toast.'"

Comments

It's much much worse.

[DaSyonic]

I wrote a great article about this happening before Windows XP was even released. I knew this would happen. Only, the dangers are much greater than just having the protection in product activation broken. See My Article - "Windows XP CD Key Dangers" for all the juicy details.

I had this key generator sent to me days ago by a reader. It does work, and I've since updated my article to reflect that the possibility is now a reality.

Re:Why Bother?

[2MuchC0ffeeMan]

i know there's alot of l33t warez kiddies who say this...

but there's no corporate version of windows XP ...

it's just a poorly cracked version of a legit copy, labeled as a corporate release...