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Jon2 08-09-2004 08:20 AM
SP2 Allows Pirated XP PC's
 
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Many users have questioned why illegal PIDs are being allowed on a Windows XP SP2 installation when they were blocked in previous betas. This is due to Microsoft's new approach on security in Service Pack 2 to prevent any further Windows XP machines from getting infected with viruses and malicious attacks. Microsoft's Gary Schare answers:..."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"
Very interesting approach

Jon

EviLGuY 08-09-2004 08:45 AM
Why bother trying to block them? A small percentage of people will always pirate and something like Windows is so big and so common that someone is always going to find a way..

Dirty F 08-09-2004 08:54 AM
Id install it but im afraid it will fuck my puter up.

pxxx 08-09-2004 08:56 AM
Yea, it probably would fuck it up.

sixone 08-09-2004 08:59 AM
<----Pirated XP here, but I do own a copy of 2000 server edition which is soooo much better.

the_wizz 08-09-2004 09:00 AM
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Originally posted by Battuss
Id install it but im afraid it will fuck my puter up.
Besides, if you do install it, it probably has code in it that can track who, where and if its a legit copy or not.

This way, they can sniff out all the pirates..... then squash them as if they were little tiny ants...

wyldblyss 08-09-2004 09:00 AM
Yeah it is an interesting approach, not one I would have expected.

Dirty F 08-09-2004 09:01 AM
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Originally posted by the_wizz
Besides, if you do install it, it probably has code in it that can track who, where and if its a legit copy or not.

This way, they can sniff out all the pirates..... then squash them as if they were little tiny ants...
Yikes

EviLGuY 08-09-2004 09:04 AM
I actually run a pirated copy of XP on this machine.. I actually have a LICENSE for windows xp, but the windows install was fucked when I bought this computer.. and the backup or whatever was just as bad.. so I said fuck it and downloaded a clean copy without all the shit HP wants to install.

vas 08-09-2004 09:04 AM
pirates have ways around that shit....


Microsoft.Windows.XP.Professional.SP2.Integrated.R EAD.NFO-ETH0 :Graucho

Muff 08-09-2004 09:09 AM
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Originally posted by vas
pirates have ways around that shit....


Microsoft.Windows.XP.Professional.SP2.Integrated.R EAD.NFO-ETH0 :Graucho
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Doctor Dre 08-09-2004 09:10 AM
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Originally posted by EviLGuY
Why bother trying to block them? A small percentage of people will always pirate and something like Windows is so big and so common that someone is always going to find a way..
I don't know what your small percentage is, but I really don't fucking know a lot of people that got legit windows keys

EviLGuY 08-09-2004 09:14 AM
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Originally posted by Doctor Dre
I don't know what your small percentage is, but I really don't fucking know a lot of people that got legit windows keys
Hardly anyone has went to the computer store and bought a copy of Windows XP.. by far the majority of PCs that have it, got it with their computer and as part of the price of the computer.

So unless all the people you know build their own systems or have some really old machines...

ytcracker 08-09-2004 09:19 AM
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Originally posted by EviLGuY
I actually run a pirated copy of XP on this machine.. I actually have a LICENSE for windows xp, but the windows install was fucked when I bought this computer.. and the backup or whatever was just as bad.. so I said fuck it and downloaded a clean copy without all the shit HP wants to install.
a lot of people do this - i dont really see it as wrong

retrograde 08-09-2004 09:22 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by the_wizz
Besides, if you do install it, it probably has code in it that can track who, where and if its a legit copy or not.

This way, they can sniff out all the pirates..... then squash them as if they were little tiny ants...
I wouldn't be surprised if they did that. I think it's actually a smart move for them.

mardigras 08-09-2004 10:02 AM
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Originally posted by EviLGuY
Hardly anyone has went to the computer store and bought a copy of Windows XP.. by far the majority of PCs that have it, got it with their computer and as part of the price of the computer.

So unless all the people you know build their own systems or have some really old machines...
I went to Office Depot and paid $199.99+ tax for my Windows XP. Getting rid of the crashes I had with ME was worth every penny:glugglug

Nightraven 08-09-2004 10:05 AM
Who gives a fuck - you just run a java-applet changing the serial, and BOOM you are able to download even SP1

Where was the problem at....?

montel 08-09-2004 10:10 AM
i didnt know about this. seriously.

badmrfrosty 08-09-2004 11:10 AM
This roughly translates to...

"Well, everyone in asia is running a pirated copy of our OS, and thats where all the fucking botnets are coming from because they cant update Windows, so the only way to stop this shit is to let the Korean's who sell the pirated discs for $0.60 on the corner to update to SP2".

BMF

zzgundamnzz 08-09-2004 11:14 AM
Lots of people can finally update to Service Pack 2...

Has anybody actually updated yet? I know every service pack ever released has major bugs.


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