Windows XP’s “FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8” was legendary. Windows 95 was even worse

Recently we knew the origin of the legendary Windows XP activation key. That famous set of digits (“FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8“) that many of us end up memorizing became a singular demonstration that attempts to protect software do not always go well. Microsoft knows a lot about this, because its first systems to protect its operating systems and … Read more

Millions of users used the legendary Windows XP key “FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8”. Now we know its origin

Many users – and I included myself – almost knew by heart the activation key for Windows XP“FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8”. With it it was possible to install a valid and official copy of the operating system that Microsoft launched in October 2001, but until now it was not known where that key had come from. Now we … Read more

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