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| Thread ID: 36213 | 2003-08-03 03:14:00 | Beware to those using pirated XP | James Busby (341) | Press F1 |
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| 164891 | 2003-08-03 03:14:00 | My friend says that MSN 6 checks your cd key to see if its pirated and then phones home to Microsoft. Is this true? I know that SP! wont install if you got key from internet. James |
James Busby (341) | ||
| 164892 | 2003-08-03 03:19:00 | > My friend says that MSN 6 checks your cd key to see > if its pirated and then phones home to Microsoft. Is > this true? I do not know, do you know where your friend read this??? >I know that SP! wont install if you got > key from internet. |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 164893 | 2003-08-03 03:21:00 | Hey said hes friend told him. James |
James Busby (341) | ||
| 164894 | 2003-08-03 03:29:00 | > > My friend says that MSN 6 checks your cd key to > see > > if its pirated and then phones home to Microsoft . > Is > > this true? I do not think so, it might be fake ruammer ( Please correct me if I am wrong) I have not read any thing about this on any tech website or computer/internet mag's (e . g . NZ Net guide) etc . . . |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 164895 | 2003-08-03 03:31:00 | It could be a FOAF story (othewise known as "urban legend"), but ... Microsoft like money. They have the technical ability to do that. Whether they have bothered, who knows? But of course it wouldn't affect anyone here. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 164896 | 2003-08-03 03:51:00 | Someone actually cracked the algorithm that XP Pro (Corporate) uses, hence there is a keygen for the OS - not that I've actually used it. The only way Microsoft can stop the pirates now, is to completely re-issue all the corporate keys to every organisation, and then upgrade the algorithm etc. | PoWa (203) | ||
| 164897 | 2003-08-03 04:20:00 | > My friend says that MSN 6 checks your cd key to see > if its pirated and then phones home to Microsoft. Is > this true? I know that SP! wont install if you got > key from internet. > > James If they have, good on them, and so they should :D Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 164898 | 2003-08-03 05:26:00 | The easy way - buy a legal version of XP, and you won't need to worry. | somebody (208) | ||
| 164899 | 2003-08-03 08:52:00 | Service Pack will install as long as the product is activated. My understanding from people who have tried is that there is a product activation crack that registers XP and enables them to apply SP and also use Windows Update. To me this seems odd, as it would suggest that Windows Update etc only looks to see if the product is registered not whether the user is in their database of clients who have registered. Maybe its different with corporate because MS cant know who all the users are. Quite happy with what I got and will join the XP bandwagon when I get a replacement PC in a year or two. |
parry (27) | ||
| 164900 | 2003-08-03 09:59:00 | Go on, try an experiment :D | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
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