NY1 Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 :pirate: :pirate: :pirate: :pirate: :pirate: :omg: :bounce: :bounce: :ninja: :ninja: :pacifier: :pacifier: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2087411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaBuJo Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I install SP2_2120 and get a message for Activate my Windows... Result: Re-format HD and re-install WnXP!!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2088357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I install SP2_2120 and get a message for Activate my Windows... Result: Re-format HD and re-install WnXP!!! ha ha :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2088393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacidz Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Goodo on MS for this. Will stop Grandma Memma and Uncle Frank from having a heart attack under fear their computers will **** up after installing SP2. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2088407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mipra Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 :p Aghh...Devil 1, MS 0 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2088883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 I have both a legal and illegal copy of xp pro. Honestly when I format I use the illegal copy to install because 1, it has sp1 already where as my legal copy doesn't. and 2 I don't have to call ms and tell them why my key is being used again like I do when I use my legal copy. So I could care less if they do this or not. If they block illegal copies then I'll just use my legal one... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2090105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigglez Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 You kidz might wanna check this one out. :p Microsoft Corrects: No XP SP2 for Pirated Copies. The original link did look a bit fishy to me as well. /me shrugs. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2238522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chode Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 You kidz might wanna check this one out. :pMicrosoft Corrects: No XP SP2 for Pirated Copies. The original link did look a bit fishy to me as well. /me shrugs. Welcome to neowin. I won't flame you like others might, but I'll let you know that generally it isn't a good move to bump a thread that is about a month old. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2238645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigglez Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 /me shrugs again. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2239175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 so if your pid is not 640 it will detect it as pirated and not install? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2354171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
orphic Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I have both a legal and illegal copy of xp pro. Honestly when I format I use the illegal copy to install because 1, it has sp1 already where as my legal copy doesn't. and 2 I don't have to call ms and tell them why my key is being used again like I do when I use my legal copy. So I could care less if they do this or not. If they block illegal copies then I'll just use my legal one... Just wait for the slipstreamed iso with SP2. ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2354192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleDave Veteran Posted June 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2004 by the way when the hell is SP2 going to come out?! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2354219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted June 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2004 :rolleyes: The 640 means absolutely nothing when it comes to legal/illegal keys. Do you guys honestly think there's a little flag in all the keygens and the illegal keys that says "I'm illegal!" when you install it? You think Windows just says "Oh, ok, I'll use this illegal one anyway, I just won't activate"... WTF!?! Get a clue before you guys spout off garbage. There's a special forumla that Windows uses to verify a key, and a special generator at Microsoft that generates the keys. Sure, they will have info in them like retail, OEM, VLK, etc. but Windows can't possibly know if it's a pirated key. If it did, don't you think you'd all be ******? The thing is, Microsoft put code in the key validation sequence of SP1 and higher to check the key you entered against a blacklist of known pirated keys. If the key you enter is in that list, Windows won't accept it, even though the RTM version would have (because it's a legal key, it's use is just out of control). Microsoft can add to this blacklist whenever they please, and this is what you have to worry about. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2354220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 yes but i remember a thread telling what certain PID numbers are gonna be blacklisted but i couldnt find that thread Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2354227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted June 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2004 What was said in that thread could have been a rumor. Don't believe everything you hear online. Unless you have personal experience with something, how can you ever be sure of how it works? ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2354232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
=Syntax= Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Gezzz,, ya think ?? M$ has every single key, gen, crack, work-around that everybody else has. They pay crackers big bucks to sit around a do what many of you do.. Hello !!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2354235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zirus Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Gezzz,, ya think ?? M$ has every single key, gen, crack, work-around that everybody else has. They pay crackers big bucks to sit around a do what many of you do.. Hello !!! I want that job! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2354269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumi Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 That article is from May 5, 2004 It's old. Microsoft has since then said SP2 won't be avalible to pirates! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2355799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROGAME Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 What was said in that thread could have been a rumor. Don't believe everything you hear online. Unless you have personal experience with something, how can you ever be sure of how it works? ;) it was confirmed by many people.... legit corp editions have a 640 PID, and the blue list Keegan makes other keys too, so ms blacklisted the other PIDs a keygen was made to generate 640 PIDs only Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2355838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Kompressor Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 The only thing that ticks me off about XP is that you have to call MS to activate your computer if you make hardware changes. I'll rather put up with a MAC or Linux over crap like that. I want to control when and how many times i reinstall XP. It's not like they charged $20.00 for the software in the first place. All of windows OS's are based on the previous Predecessor from 98 - XP and the price is always the same as if it's all new code being written. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2356658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted June 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2004 it was confirmed by many people.... legit corp editions have a 640 PID, and the blue list Keegan makes other keys too, so ms blacklisted the other PIDsa keygen was made to generate 640 PIDs only I know about that. But what are you saying? How does any of this suggest that SP2 will or will not block more keys? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2358653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted June 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2004 The only thing that ticks me off about XP is that you have to call MS to activate your computer if you make hardware changes. I'll rather put up with a MAC or Linux over crap like that.I want to control when and how many times i reinstall XP. It's not like they charged $20.00 for the software in the first place. All of windows OS's are based on the previous Predecessor from 98 - XP and the price is always the same as if it's all new code being written. Give me a break :rolleyes: Activation takes maybe 5 minutes, and it's a free call. Assuming you don't install everything that you can find, you shouldn't have to reinstall XP that often. If you learn just a little bit about the insides of XP, you should rarely have to reinstall it, i mean like once in maybe several years. And FYI - there are two lines of Windows (well, only one now). Windows 2000 and XP are versions of Windows NT, which was written more or less from the ground up with IBM during the OS/2 project... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2358685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 it was confirmed by many people.... legit corp editions have a 640 PID, and the blue list Keegan makes other keys too, so ms blacklisted the other PIDsa keygen was made to generate 640 PIDs only If that were true, then a lot of people who acquired VLKs through Universities, MSDN, MSDAA, etc. won't be able to install SP2 :p Does that really make sense? ...I think not Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2358719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROGAME Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I know about that. But what are you saying? How does any of this suggest that SP2 will or will not block more keys? Circaflex said that certain PID numbers are going to be blacklisted, you said it might be a rumor. All i did was confirm there really are certain PID numbers (ie certain keys) blocked in SP2 (RC2 at least) which worked fine in SP1. Of course everything can change in the final... i don't like helping a month old bumped thread stay in the main page :unsure: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2359037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted June 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 26, 2004 I never heard of any newly blocked keys in RC2 :dontgetit: Do you have a source? In one of the RC1 builds, there was a bug that blocked a lot of VLK licensed copies... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165323-windows-xp-sp2-for-all/page/4/#findComment-2361425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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