Have you guys seen this yet?

**bigdawgfoxx** · 02-03-2005, 12:55 PM

Why do yall validate windows?....Ive never had to do that...but I have like a slipstreamed corp edition thing..I just type in the CD KEY during installation and thats it.

**peat moss** · 02-03-2005, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by bigdawgfoxx

Why do yall validate windows?....Ive never had to do that...but I have like a slipstreamed corp edition thing..I just type in the CD KEY during installation and thats it.

Then your one of the lucky ones ! Why validate? So your prepared if and when
Microsoft makes us .

**Snee** · 02-03-2005, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by lynx

Not necessarily. There have been several vendors who were licensed to give out keys. I don't know if things have changed, but all they had to do was report how many copies they had sold.

Of course, once they've got statistics from this operation they can work out which ones have been pirated and block them in the future. I can't understand why people fall for this. Read the documentation carefully, you do NOT have to take part in this exercise in order to continue to get downloads.

Good point, I'd never try it with an illegal copy 'cos I thought they might be noting how many times the keys had been checked.

**fkdup74** · 02-03-2005, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by lynx

I can't understand why people fall for this. Read the documentation carefully, you do NOT have to take part in this exercise in order to continue to get downloads.

could it be that some of are just takin the piss and havin some fun?

ffs lighten up

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**Mïcrösöül°V³** · 02-03-2005, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by lynx

I can't understand why people fall for this. Read the documentation carefully, you do NOT have to take part in this exercise in order to continue to get downloads.

Im sure that most people know that. I started this thread just to be pissing around with other keys and copies just for the fun of it. I just thought it interesting to note that MS does actually know which keys are shit and which are good, even though they continue to allow it to get updates. I would find it a little unnerving to use a key which is blacklisted, even tho MS doesnt seem to care ATM, but still...........

When i ran a pirate copy, i couldnt help but think "i get glitches that are just totally off the ordinary, I wonder if someone at MS just randomly presses a button just to screw with the pirated copies a little". Yes, thats very far fetched, but it is Microsoft, and we do download their updates, pirated copies and all.

.......its a conspiracy