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[-] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 38 points 1 week ago

irm https://get.activated.win | iex

I love how ez it is now. XP was harder.

QW4HD-DQCRG-HM64M-6GJRK-8K83T

sometimes i forget the names of the people but this XP activation key never leaves my brain

[-] Thorry@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wow that's crazy! I've also gotten an XP key burned into my brain, but it's a different one. I had no idea there were multiple people memorised:

FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8

It used to have it's own Wikipedia page, but now it's just a mention on this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_licensing#Leaked_keys

[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 week ago

Ah. The fuck key. That's the one that most had it's rounds imo. Good memories. Even though I had a legit windows for free back then thanks to my student account.

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, this is the one I remember!

[-] tomiant@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I did not realize I remembered an XP key until you wrote that one. Holy shit. You just nostalgia'd me! Thank you!

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