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| 278748 | 2004-10-06 09:44:00 | >Perhaps the genuine Pirates may fight back and list a free to all version of sp2. It will probally come as a crack to apply before SP2 is applied |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 278749 | 2004-10-06 09:44:00 | > There are also heaps of instructions on how to change > an already installed XP's key, MS even have > instructions for this. So you can install, apply SP2, activate, then change the number? Instructed by M/S. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 278750 | 2004-10-06 09:46:00 | you would change the number prior to installing sp2,otherwise it wouldn't install. | metla (154) | ||
| 278751 | 2004-10-06 09:49:00 | Backin up a bit here. The pirate version of XP has no activation,You would only have to change the number if yours was one of the few that have been blacklisted,and even then u would only have to if you wanted to load on a Service pack. Which still doesnt do as much as a free firewall and an up to date AV. |
metla (154) | ||
| 278752 | 2004-10-06 09:49:00 | I found this somewhere and saved it think it was from MS This issue may occur if the product key that you are using to install Windows XP matches a product key that Microsoft has determined to not be valid. These two product keys create a product ID that matches one of the following product IDs (where X is any numeric value): XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX XXXXX-640-643718x-23XXX XXXXX-641-309376x-23XXX XXXXX-642-064580x-23XXX XXXXX-642-464364x-23XXX XXXXX-643-334701x-23XXX XXXXX-644-081772x-23XXX XXXXX-644-451265x-23XXX XXXXX-644-874896x-23XXX XXXXX-644-933704x-23XXX XXXXX-644-962396x-23XXX XXXXX-645-833254x-23XXX XXXXX-645-994962x-23XXX XXXXX-646-031843x-23XXX XXXXX-646-104081x-23XXX XXXXX-646-105103x-23XXX XXXXX-647-318838x-23XXX XXXXX-647-592029x-23XXX XXXXX-647-677834x-23XXX XXXXX-648-301691x-23XXX XXXXX-648-819992x-23XXX XXXXX-649-106765x-23XXX XXXXX-649-941392x-23XXX XXXXX-650-292312x-23XXX |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 278753 | 2004-10-06 09:51:00 | Metla, Is this true there has been no Loud public release of this inf. But there was much noise about Pirateware not being abel to use sp2. Which prompted my thinking on this. As I consider it petty and Stupid Of M/S to leave so many Trojanable machines in the field. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 278754 | 2004-10-06 09:52:00 | So you can install, apply SP2, activate, then change the number? Instructed by M/S. Yes but you must still use a legit number when installing Changing the number is a 20sec job but why would you want to change it. Also the corporate version & some Pro versions don't use activation so it's all academic really From the horses mouth (if you believe it) Subject: Clarifying SP2 piracy policy From: "Gary Schare [MS]" <gschare@online.microsoft.com> Sent: 8/6/2004 2:24:52 PM There have been a number of discussions on this newsgroup regarding whether SP2 will install on non-genuine (aka "pirated") versions of Windows. Here is the official Microsoft position on this topic: We expect that nearly all Windows XP users, running genuine or pirated Windows, will have access to the security technologies in SP2. The same users that were blocked from installing SP1 - those that have used a small set of legacy pirated product keys - will be blocked from installing SP2. We believe that there are very few systems in use today that use these keys -- in other words, the pirates have moved on to other keys which we are not blocking. So how do we charaterize our policy? We want to make sure that the broadest number of people can install SP2. The nature of malicious attacks on computer users is constantly changing and we will continue to evaluate how we deal with security updates for pirated versions of Windows to best protect our genuine Windows customers. Thanks, Gary Schare Microsoft. |
45South (4769) | ||
| 278755 | 2004-10-06 09:59:00 | > Backin up a bit here. > > The pirate version of XP has no activation, Never having dealt with a genuine Pirate I did not know this. > You would > only have to change the number if yours was one of > the few that have been blacklisted,and even then u > would only have to if you wanted to load on a Service > pack. > > Which still doesnt do as much as a free firewall and > an up to date AV. I was thinking more of someone duplicating legit installations. from legit OEM disks. Soho piracy I believ they call it. D, |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 278756 | 2004-10-06 10:05:00 | > Also the corporate version & some Pro versions don't > use activation so it's all academic really > So all the agrivation hoops of activation, are really only terrosing and annoying the G/P who know no better. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 278757 | 2004-10-06 10:06:00 | I was thinking more of someone duplicating legit installations. from legit OEM disks. If using an OEM disk then activation is required & after a couple (can't remember how many, 3 in a year I think but stand to be corrected) XP won't activate over the net & you will have to ring MSoft to activate & explain to them why you are the 200th person trying to activate the same serial number this week |
45South (4769) | ||
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