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Tuesday, November 06, 2001
http://www.interactiveweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1825%2526a%253D17818,00.asp Peer-to-Peer Enables Windows XP Swaps Todd Spangler Hundreds of illegal copies of Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system - and instructions on how to bypass its copy-protection scheme - are already floating around the Internet's peer-to-peer networks. Hacking tips being shared on P2P networks purport to work around the very product-activation measures that Microsoft built into Windows XP to prevent such piracy. A file called "WindowsxpCrackMethod.txt," obtained via the Gnutella network, describes a few simple steps that allegedly disable the product activation feature. The file, which includes a 20-character key required to install XP, steps users through booting the operating system into Safe Mode and then altering the Windows registry settings to indicate that the software has already been activated....
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