Windows XP’s most famous pirated key wasn’t a hack. It was a leak

About a year ago, in a social media post, long-time Microsoft veteran Dave Plummer (who worked on Windows Task Manager) ...
Ars Technica

Retrieving a Windows XP product key from a non-bootable PC

I have this Windows XP Home computer that won't boot(displays a blue screen instead of a login) after installing SP2. I'm going to reinstall Windows, but I need to ...
TechSpot

FCKGW: How an internal Microsoft leak fueled Windows XP piracy

In context: Piracy has been a part of Windows history from the very beginning. Microsoft began taking the issue seriously with Windows XP, and Dave Plummer has now revealed that the first unauthorized ...
Ars Technica

Windows XP installerwon't accept its product key

I did a search and didn't find any results concerning this problem. I've just built a new system and my Windows 7 disc won't boot, so I'm installing Windows XP so I can then install Windows 7 on top ...
Computerworld

Microsoft to ease XP activation with SP3

Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the ...
Windows Latest

Windows XP’s most famous pirated key wasn’t a hack, and a Microsoft engineer explains why

If you used a PC in the early 2000s, this image of a CD with FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 written with a marker probably ...