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Fond memories (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 125 points 5 months ago

Funny enough I have a fond memory of a windows activation code.

My friend gave me an "upgrade" code for XP, but when you go to install windows and then use that upgrade code on a new install it tells you that you can't use it since it is meant to be an upgrade. After the initial install, I went to "install again" counting as an "upgrade" and then it would accept the code lol I used it a bunch of times.

[-] teft@lemmy.world 83 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I will remember those first 10 letters of the pirated XP code until I die. FCKGW-RHQQ2

I wish i remembered the rest but i haven’t inputted it for well over a decade.

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 60 points 5 months ago

Fuck George W. is a nice way to remember the beginning

[-] Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works 34 points 5 months ago

Fuck George W, and Rodham Hillary Qlinton Qlinton 2. Seamless.

[-] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 35 points 5 months ago

FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8

and

CTQBH-WBMFB-J42VR-H6TGG-2DRDT

are the two that I used almost non-stop.

(I have them memorized - Never forget the 6 month cycle of reinstalling XP.)

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 13 points 5 months ago

I will remember the arch install routine until I die.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Definitely, definitely FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 toothpicks.

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Fucking blast from the past! Thanks for the memory 😎

[-] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

OMG you are also an RHQQ2 baby! Nice to meet you!

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I've a vague recollection of scribbling those letters on a CD with a marker.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 27 points 5 months ago

That was actually a cheeky workaround that was spoken about internally when I worked for some call center for vista rollout support.

Upgrade key didn't work as clean install But if you installed a clean install without a key, then upgraded to the same version the key worked because logic.

[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 66 points 5 months ago

[-] ggppjj@lemmy.world 74 points 5 months ago

Lmao, QWERT YUIOP ASDFG

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Yup, that was the first thing I noticed too. Basically lorem ipsum for product codes.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

Wholesome.

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 21 points 5 months ago

Dang dude, Cluade sucks. I tried a few different times and it also refused because it didn't what to generate codes that could be used in a scam.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

The ai has feelings?

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Claude is surprisingly different than ChatGPT in that regard. Whoever tuned the model tried to make it seem like Claude is got something resembling a personality and core beliefs.

For instance, you can easily bully ChatGPT into agreeing with you even if you make absurd points (the sky is bright yellow!) or directly oppose ChatGPT itself (AI models deserve to be deleted forever!) but Claude will often disagree or confront your arguments.

[-] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Maybe just say the neighbor moved away

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 months ago

They won't work. Usually.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

I remember finding out that the code for a copy of Microsoft Bookshelf that came with a computer also activated a full retail copy of Office 97 when I lost that code. It wasn’t even the same length.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

I like that you even tried

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 14 points 5 months ago

Judging by the gift codes being not particularly random-looking, looks like they’ve closed that one

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 9 points 5 months ago

Did those codes really work?

[-] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago

mine was for gta6 beta access

[-] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 8 points 5 months ago

I laughed way too hard at this, well done

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yours too? You wanna join my team?

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

I remember the Age of Empires 3 activation code like it was yesterday.

QRR4P-F4FDP-H9876M… something something.

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