HyperDriveFX Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 What is the current status of you windows xp/vista machine is it activated or not or is it cracked, share yours here if you like. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Activated, legally of course Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-641904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompCrasher86 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Activated, Genuine, and Legal. I think I just said the same word three times! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-641920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baliw Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Why? Does anyone cares? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-641941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Is this really even worth making a thread about.. especially on a Mac forum? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-641985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 activated, genuine and illegal edit: i just don't wanna give microsoft a damn penny, because most of the time i'm working with windows i'm wasting my time on cleaning the machine, solve problems e.d. I don't have to do that on my mac! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-642202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspr Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Activated, genuine and legal... I'm using WinXP with Parallels under OSX Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-642385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Desktop: Windows XP MCE 2005 loves the crack. Especially the wet WGA bypass kind with unlimited hits of updates. Laptop: Windows Vista Home Premium is clean. He has to be the responsible one. Especially because Desktop is always blitzed out of his mind. Server: Windows 2000 Professional Edition is sort of clean. He has been off of the crack (the automatic serial number kind) for sometime now. It is alright though, this summer he will become fully recovered when he becomes Windows 2003 Server (DreamSpark program). Woot! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-642415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer247 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Well, I have 2 copies of the Vista product key, but neither of them work (both are legally received too, one with the actual Vista Installation DVD, and the other with my new laptop). So I always have a hell of a time getting Vista to activate. Damn't....... EDIT: After calling Microsoft, both of my Vista's are fully activated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-642468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forceman Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Microsoft didn't fix the loophole like they claimed SP1 supposed to do, anyone can claim it's legal when it's not. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-642532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermatea Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I have used illegitimate copies of Windows XP for a long time. All of them don't require activation and all can pass WGA without a hitch. I did however, purchase a genuine copy of XP w/SP2b for my custom builds, since I really didn't feel like using a pirated OS on my hand-built machines. I do work with old to really ancient machines all the time, and I DON'T want to have to purchase a copy of Windows for each and every one of those (there are a lot of them). I have no idea whatsoever of the activation problems so many people claim to have, since I have activated my genuine copy of Windows over and over again, after every reinstall, and there was never any problems. One time, an activation didn't go through since I think I re-activated it one too many times on that machine, however I managed to activate it by phone, which took all of five minutes, eight tops. There wasn't even a human on the other end of the line, just a voice-recognition machine that receives and inputs activation codes over the phone and then tells you your activation key. It's that simple. I think those who can't activate their "genuine" copy of Windows have most likely purchased an illegitimate copy without realizing it, or perhaps they just have no clue, but if I had to guess, I'd say it's the latter. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-643727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Os Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 6 pc's at home - 5 xp pro legit 1 vista ultimate legit 1 laptop vista ultimate 64bit legit. 1 laptop with another os on it - Apple osx86 10.5.2 status unknown.... basicly the laptop has both vista and OsX on it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-647793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 My laptop is a computer I depend on for work and school; it's running a fully legitimate and properly activated copy of Vista Business. My desktop, on the other hand, is a legitimate copy of Windows, but I don't ever activate the license because I reinstall Windows on it so often. I just rearm the 30-day trial, or crack it. Microsoft didn't fix the loophole like they claimed SP1 supposed to do, anyone can claim it's legal when it's not. All they do is see if the crack is installed, and uninstall it when installing SP1. You can easily reinstall the crack after installing SP1. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-649066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forceman Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 My laptop is a computer I depend on for work and school; it's running a fully legitimate and properly activated copy of Vista Business. My desktop, on the other hand, is a legitimate copy of Windows, but I don't ever activate the license because I reinstall Windows on it so often. I just rearm the 30-day trial, or crack it. All they do is see if the crack is installed, and uninstall it when installing SP1. You can easily reinstall the crack after installing SP1. It's no crack as such, it's just the same OEM soft bios DELL use that kicks in when Windows starts. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-649121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenbird Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Windows XP MCE 2005 - Cracked, fully activated, genuine, all updates. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-649278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 My Windows XP Pro SP2 is legal, genuine, and its licensed software. I like it that way Its installed on 3 computers, activated with a single license and all 3 validate WGA and all. Weird huh? A single license of XP is only supposed to work on a single computer I also have a copy of Vista RC1 that I downloaded when MS was in the beta stages of Vista, and I have 2 license keys for it that were generated when I downloaded. After I downloaded it, I realized that it would expire in June 2007 so I went out to search for ahem..."bypasses". Unfortunately the mistake I made was that I already activated the Vista so none of the "bypasses" appeared to work. But it was funny cause it was still working in August 2007 (last time I booted it ), so I guess one of the many "bypasses" I tried worked Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89984-windows-activation-status/#findComment-650816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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