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SP2 on Pirated Copies
« on: May 11, 2004, 12:22:09 PM »
DISCLAIMER: I have a 100% legal version of Windows XP Pro (given to me directly from a Microsoft rep, BTW), but I choose to use the pirated version because I disagree with product activation in principle.

Onto the real subject....

I currently have the RC1 candidate of SP2 installed on my "less than legal, but not entirely illegal" copy of Windows XP Pro and it works fine. For that matter, SP1 worked perfectly fine also. The "key" is to have a product key other than the FCKGW-...... one that everyone else has.

Moral of the story is, never call something unhackable or uncrackable, because that will just make people more determined to hack it or crack it. Alcatraz was supposed to be unescapable. All it took them was a spoon and some time to get out. All it will take to get around any countermeasures by Microsoft will be a keyboard and some time. Maybe a spoon to eat some ice cream while they hack it, but still nothing too sophisticated.
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SP2 on Pirated Copies
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2004, 01:47:03 PM »
The guy at Bluetek (MT Holly, PA) which is where i found out about the LAN and is somewhat my employer at this time has SP2 and I have a cracked version of XP Pro works great no problems at all he puts it on all the XP machines that come through now cause it doesnt need Ad-aware or spybot or anythin of that sort anymore ...I believe he will bring it to the LAN party as well
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SP2 on Pirated Copies
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2004, 02:03:50 PM »
Sorry guys, I need to close this thread.  Good info, but if microsoft stumbles across it, I am sure I will get an email about it.

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