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Postby eliminator on Sun May 09, 2004 7:52 pm

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Postby hoxlund on Sun May 09, 2004 8:52 pm

looks good, ive been "testing" sp2 for awhile

i like that they mention that sp1 was only available to non-pirated win xp's

hehe, what the crack was out like an hour after the official release of sp1
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Postby eliminator on Sun May 09, 2004 9:06 pm

.. more like 15 minutes later.. :lol:
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Postby hoxlund on Sun May 09, 2004 9:10 pm

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Postby eliminator on Mon May 10, 2004 6:55 am

warning 4 sp2 users ... no cracks d/l anymore :( :wink:
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Postby tazdevl on Mon May 10, 2004 11:40 am

eliminator wrote:warning 4 sp2 users ... no cracks d/l anymore :( :wink:


Only in the latest build 2120. RC1, build 2096, is OK. In all honesty, you can get a OEM license for $75, no reason not to go legitimate.

I think it's a smart move by MS. It'll help keep the virus attacks down (hopefully) which could conceivably fund every pirated copy of XP based on operational cost savings alone.
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Postby dodecahedron on Mon May 10, 2004 12:54 pm

eliminator wrote:warning 4 sp2 users ... no cracks d/l anymore :( :wink:

what do you mean?
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Postby tazdevl on Mon May 10, 2004 2:22 pm

dodecahedron wrote:
eliminator wrote:warning 4 sp2 users ... no cracks d/l anymore :( :wink:

what do you mean?


He means that MS implemented some anti-piracy updates to the latest build of SP2 (2120) which followed RC1 (2096). It's blocking some key-gen'd keys as well as some legitimate ones too. These features were non-existant in RC1.
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Postby dodecahedron on Mon May 10, 2004 2:36 pm

you mean against pirated WinXP keys?
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Postby eliminator on Mon May 10, 2004 5:55 pm

no, I mean all different stuff determined by MS to be a cracked util/file/code, etc... I,m not sure if sp2 final will do the same..?
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Postby cfitz on Mon May 10, 2004 9:19 pm

eliminator wrote:no, I mean all different stuff determined by MS to be a cracked util/file/code, etc... I,m not sure if sp2 final will do the same..?

That's outrageous! Micro$oft has every right to protect their own software by whatever means they want to, but for them to decide what other software you can install and run on your PC is just wrong. Who elected Micro$oft judge, jury and executioner of all the world's legal systems?!? :x

I pay for all my software anyway (call me a sucker if you wish), but I still strongly object to this plan by Micro$oft. I guess this is another lost skirmish in the battle over who actually owns your PC. Have they all forgotten that the "P" in PC stands for Personal, not "Property of Bill Gates"... :roll: :evil:

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Postby tazdevl on Mon May 10, 2004 9:20 pm

dodecahedron wrote:you mean against pirated WinXP keys?


Yes, against pirated WinXP keys.

As to activation cracks etc... shouldn't be a surprise. They are much easier to contend with than key-gen'd keys.
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Postby dodecahedron on Mon May 10, 2004 10:31 pm

eliminator wrote:no, I mean all different stuff determined by MS to be a cracked util/file/code, etc... I,m not sure if sp2 final will do the same..?

how can they do that?
how can they tell if something is cracked??? :o
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Postby wicked1 on Mon May 10, 2004 11:53 pm

one more reason to add to the list of why I am running win2k pro instead of XP pro. I have XP pro and I ran it for a year or so but never liked it. I prefer win2k better.There will be cracks and patches for this service pack you can bet money on that. Do you have any idea the percentage of windows users that run illegal copies. It is extremely high. In my MCSE class it was estimated to be 30-40% of windows copies are pirated.Hell my instructor was giving people in class copies of win2k if they didnt have it but it was for "testing" purposes only and to be uninstalled after our class was over.
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Postby hoxlund on Tue May 11, 2004 12:45 am

"testing" yeah thats it, all i have is testing copies of everything
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Postby eliminator on Tue May 11, 2004 3:05 am

hoxlund wrote:"testing" yeah thats it, all i have is testing copies of everything



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Postby pranav81 on Tue May 11, 2004 2:34 pm

cfitz wrote:
eliminator wrote:no, I mean all different stuff determined by MS to be a cracked util/file/code, etc... I,m not sure if sp2 final will do the same..?

That's outrageous! Micro$oft has every right to protect their own software by whatever means they want to, but for them to decide what other software you can install and run on your PC is just wrong. Who elected Micro$oft judge, jury and executioner of all the world's legal systems?!? :x

I pay for all my software anyway (call me a sucker if you wish), but I still strongly object to this plan by Micro$oft. I guess this is another lost skirmish in the battle over who actually owns your PC. Have they all forgotten that the "P" in PC stands for Personal, not "Property of Bill Gates"... :roll: :evil:

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Postby CowboySlim on Thu May 13, 2004 12:50 am

It is extremely high. In my MCSE class it was estimated to be 30-40% of windows copies are pirated.

I've read that Widows piracy is over 90% in Russia and China and I have no reason whatsoever to doubt this.

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Postby pranav81 on Thu May 13, 2004 12:10 pm

Yeah,piracy is high here in India too.Nobody buys legal software if the system is assembled.People here usually get everything "free" from their dealer.


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