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WinXP Keygen Foils Product Activation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the next-generation-will-require-dongles dept.

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.'"

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  1. kinda like many online games by chronos2266 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    the WinXP activation key seems very similar to the key used by many online games. sure you can play single player, but if you try to go online, you will be rejected when you try to authencate.

  2. Re:Weird by Liquid(TJ) · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can't believe no one else has said it, but how would that be different from a legal Windows install?

  3. So what ? by Etyenne · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Windows XP is irrevelant anyway ...

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    :wq
  4. heh by onShore_Jake · · Score: 0, Redundant

    'nuff sed

  5. Yeah it's so hard to get a pirated copy by Mer+Fer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anybody with half a brain knows they can download XP off of Morpheus, or just get a cracked version from a programmer. My version of XP doesn't even have an activation code!

  6. Why Bother? by NiceGeek · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The corporate edition of XP has been floating around warez sites for months..no product activation whatsoever.