Re: [LUG] posted to newsforge newsletter thing

["Mark Evans" <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Windows XP anti-piracy features cracked
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/10/27/1512217
> 
>     "Nottingham, UK 26, October 2001 - The anti-theft features incorporated
>     in WindowsXP that Microsoft claimed would put an end to software theft
>     were broken within hours of the product being launched on 25 October
>     2001." We all knew it was only a matter of time, right? More info is at

It would never have worked anyway. Since there is the corporate version
of XP which dosn't have the machine locking "feature". So the simplist
option for pirates would be to get hold of this version...

Of course then to make cracking easier you can compare "corporate"
and "home" versions too.

At a guess this cracking was actually done before the launch, but
the writer just had to check it did work with the shipped version.

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