re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Saturday, February 12, 2005 at 7:09 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6909 messages posted)
Amoung different schemes used, one is that the number is imprinted into part(s) of
the hardware that are not accessable by the user. That's all I can say.. :-/
On Saturday, February 12, 2005 at 6:16 pm, vkfreelancer wrote:
>My question:
>I have a Dell computer. It did not have Windows XP
>I however toke my friend's comp's Win Xp SP1 OEM disc and install it on my computer.
> I have the comp boot the cd drive first and when it installs, it never ask for
cd
>key. The really extremely wierd thing is when I go into system properties, the
cd
>key is labeled OEM. When I go to that site and verify my cd key, they say it's
a
>fake one. I also kill the activation using a third party program but I still wonder
>how is it that they know I toke my friend's OEM disc?
>
>I thought since his comp and my comp are both Dells. It just mine's was made before
>his.
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