Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by LShapin » Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:22:15



Microsoft is going head to head with hackers in its most recent
version of Windows.  I am wondering how long it will take to crack
it.  No doubt Microsoft will be scanning the Internet and clamping
down on the rebel forces as they keep popping up here and there.  Is
this the beginning of a license for using a personal computer as our
government goes for regulation instead of a clean breakup?  I would
not mind seeing our government control Windows as a standard which
applications programmers must write to, but I hope the public
regulation aspect wont creep in (maybe that is wishful thinking).  
 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by Troy Parke » Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:52:10




> Microsoft is going head to head with hackers in its most recent version
> of Windows.  I am wondering how long it will take to crack it.  No doubt
> Microsoft will be scanning the Internet and clamping down on the rebel
> forces as they keep popping up here and there.  Is this the beginning of
> a license for using a personal computer as our government goes for
> regulation instead of a clean breakup?  I would not mind seeing our
> government control Windows as a standard which applications programmers
> must write to, but I hope the public regulation aspect wont creep in
> (maybe that is wishful thinking).

The activation has already been cracked, this is old news.

Both RC1, RC2 and post-RC2 has been cracked.

 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by pookoopooko » Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:43:11


Quote:> The activation has already been cracked, this is old news.

> Both RC1, RC2 and post-RC2 has been cracked.

Prove it, links please.
 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by Linon » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 01:05:21


After takin' a swig o' grog, pookoopookoo belched out this bit o' wisdom:

Quote:>> The activation has already been cracked, this is old news.

>> Both RC1, RC2 and post-RC2 has been cracked.

>Prove it, links please.

Do your own warez search, buddy.
 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by surrend » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 01:22:21


On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:43:11 -0400, "pookoopookoo"


>> The activation has already been cracked, this is old news.

>> Both RC1, RC2 and post-RC2 has been cracked.

>Prove it, links please.

I only found an italian link, but the point is: the crack consists of
downloading corpfiles.zip which replaces the protected files with the
files from the corporate edition (which doesn't require activation)

Here's the link with the babelfish translation:

http://it.news.yahoo.com/010831/164/16pff.html

31 fridays Agosto 2001, 12:00

Windows Xp, already ready the crack for the final version
Edited by Writing CHL
It seems that the problems legacies to the introduced procedures of
verification from Microsoft in the new version of Windows have
upsotten very little the expert ones pirati, that they dedicate their
time to find loops-hole illegal in order to render the systems null
anti-copy of the software. Gia from qualce day in the newsgroup
dedicated to the hackeraggio and the pirateria is spoken about
Corpfiles.zip, a small program in a position to disabilitare every
protection of the sistama operating. The initial doubts have been soon
dispel from the messages of who have been able provarlo: the pogramma
it works and it unblocks the operating system assegnandogli the
characteristics of one Corporate version, legal recorded. With nearly
two months on the official date of release therefore, the pirati ones
have been in a position to cancelling every protection inserted in the
operating system; Microsoft has however all the setting time the
necessary countermeasures before putting in commerce the software,
whose official launch is previewed for 25 October. Omero Changes

 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by Erik Funkenbusc » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 01:54:21



Quote:> Microsoft is going head to head with hackers in its most recent
> version of Windows.  I am wondering how long it will take to crack
> it.  No doubt Microsoft will be scanning the Internet and clamping
> down on the rebel forces as they keep popping up here and there.  Is
> this the beginning of a license for using a personal computer as our
> government goes for regulation instead of a clean breakup?  I would
> not mind seeing our government control Windows as a standard which
> applications programmers must write to, but I hope the public
> regulation aspect wont creep in (maybe that is wishful thinking).

No, you misunderstand the purpose of WPA.  It's not to combat "hackers" or
"crackers", or even professional pirates.  There is little that can be done
to prevent them from pirating your software.

WPA is only designed to stop the vast majority of "casual" pirates.  Those
people that borrow a CD from work or from their friends.  That's it.  It's
not some "war against pirates".  It's like a door lock, it keeps honest
people honest.  Professional thieves can get through it in a heartbeat.

And for the record, there are already activation-less copies of XP
circulating in the pirate groups.

 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by yt.. » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 02:40:55



Quote:> Microsoft is going head to head with hackers in its most recent
> version of Windows.  I am wondering how long it will take to crack
> it.  

Its already been done, and has for some time.

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Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by Nik Simpso » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 03:39:26



> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:43:11 -0400, "pookoopookoo"

> >> The activation has already been cracked, this is old news.

> >> Both RC1, RC2 and post-RC2 has been cracked.

> >Prove it, links please.

> I only found an italian link, but the point is: the crack consists of
> downloading corpfiles.zip which replaces the protected files with the
> files from the corporate edition (which doesn't require activation)

Come on, that's not a crack of WPA, that's sidestepping it, hardly the same
thing. Also potentially dodgy since the corporate key being used is
traceable.

--
Nik Simpson

 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by pookoopooko » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:14:59


Quote:> Do your own warez search, buddy.

I'll never install XP, I already said, it is of the devil. This is STRICT
academia my friend.
 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by Ken Del Signor » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:06:01


You know, the anti-piracy aspect of MS latest-greatest
office suite will mean less people will pirate and
hence use their software, and may actually increase
use of alternatives, such as Star.
Ken

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Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by LShapin » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:34:22



Quote:>You know, the anti-piracy aspect of MS latest-greatest
>office suite will mean less people will pirate and
>hence use their software, and may actually increase
>use of alternatives, such as Star.
>Ken

But Microsoft has all of the numbers at hand and will do whatever it
can get away with, without releasing its *holds.  Microsoft
probably knows exactly what is going on in the marketplace at all
times.  
 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by Terry Port » Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:18:14


On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:54:21 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch dashed off:



>> Microsoft is going head to head with hackers in its most recent
>> version of Windows.  I am wondering how long it will take to crack
>> it.  No doubt Microsoft will be scanning the Internet and clamping
>> down on the rebel forces as they keep popping up here and there.  Is
>> this the beginning of a license for using a personal computer as our
>> government goes for regulation instead of a clean breakup?  I would
>> not mind seeing our government control Windows as a standard which
>> applications programmers must write to, but I hope the public
>> regulation aspect wont creep in (maybe that is wishful thinking).

> No, you misunderstand the purpose of WPA.  It's not to combat "hackers" or
> "crackers", or even professional pirates.  There is little that can be done
> to prevent them from pirating your software.

You mean *your software* Erik ;-)

Linux is Free Software, no cracking required.

Quote:

> WPA is only designed to stop the vast majority of "casual" pirates.  Those
> people that borrow a CD from work or from their friends.  That's it.  It's
> not some "war against pirates".  It's like a door lock, it keeps honest
> people honest.

I wonder if it will stop Flatfish ?

He is proud of the fact that he can buy software, copy it, then return it
for a full refund.

Quote:>  Professional thieves can get through it in a heartbeat.

> And for the record, there are already activation-less copies of XP
> circulating in the pirate groups.

Yeah ya can't stop crackers, and personally I'm all for Microsoft stopping
them.

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Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by charles lyttl » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:30:06





> > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:43:11 -0400, "pookoopookoo"

> > >> The activation has already been cracked, this is old news.

> > >> Both RC1, RC2 and post-RC2 has been cracked.

> > >Prove it, links please.

> > I only found an italian link, but the point is: the crack consists of
> > downloading corpfiles.zip which replaces the protected files with the
> > files from the corporate edition (which doesn't require activation)

> Come on, that's not a crack of WPA, that's sidestepping it, hardly the same
> thing. Also potentially dodgy since the corporate key being used is
> traceable.

> --
> Nik Simpson

Try this one <http://www.licenturion.com/xp/fully-licensed-wpa.txt>
Explains what each byte means.

--
Russ Lyttle
<http://home.earthlink.net/~lyttlec>

 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by Carlos DiOrteg » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:56:06





> > Microsoft is going head to head with hackers in its most recent version
> > of Windows.  I am wondering how long it will take to crack it.  No doubt
> > Microsoft will be scanning the Internet and clamping down on the rebel
> > forces as they keep popping up here and there.  Is this the beginning of
> > a license for using a personal computer as our government goes for
> > regulation instead of a clean breakup?  I would not mind seeing our
> > government control Windows as a standard which applications programmers
> > must write to, but I hope the public regulation aspect wont creep in
> > (maybe that is wishful thinking).

> The activation has already been cracked, this is old news.

> Both RC1, RC2 and post-RC2 has been cracked.

Oh really? Care to post any proof of this? Or is this the same lame "XP
cracked" they claimed for Office XP where in fact it was just a corporate
key being passed around.
 
 
 

Cracking XP Product Activation, a PC user's license?

Post by Carlos DiOrteg » Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:57:10



Quote:> After takin' a swig o' grog, pookoopookoo belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> >> The activation has already been cracked, this is old news.

> >> Both RC1, RC2 and post-RC2 has been cracked.

> >Prove it, links please.

> Do your own warez search, buddy.

I have - all I find are utils that replace files with those from the
corporate edition and provide a VLK. I do not see anyone having "cracked"
activation yet. Not saying they won't but I haven't found them yet. Prove us
all wrong and post a link...