GAY. Wants me to verify that my Windows is genuine.

so does IE7

so does windows update

buy an educational copy or stop whining noob!@#

my windows are genuine, no gay found

http://tech.moneycontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/Microsoft_anti_piracy.jpg

is there a crack for "get genuine" yet or what?

as trog pointed out, its called the educational upgrade version

There are work around for everything ...

But ...

Buy it, then you have no issues at all.

Ubuntu fixes the genuine activation problem.

there is a workaround of course...

I ended up getting legit copies for all my pc's. Full version of Windows XP Pro for $236.40 delievered to your door.

I bought a laptop and it's included, so I am all good :D

hehe ubuntu

Genuine Advantage has been cracked...

... But software piracy is wrong! *shifty eyes*

Buy it, then you have no issues at all.

I bought xp, they banned my key after I changed my hdd, video card and flashed my cd rom firmware. genuine stuff only hurts legit people. I know I can ring and get another key but why should I have to? It's the same bloody pc just a different hard drive & cd firmware. Screw MS.

I know I can ring and get another key but why should I have to? It's the same bloody pc just a different hard drive & cd firmware. Screw MS.

that is the spirit. screw MS by letting them screw you out of your copy of XP by being too lazy to call them up.

you sure are showing them.

haha


I've had to call up a few times over a few versions of windows including my home copy and some at work. Mildly inconvenient, hardly what I'd call 'hurting legit people'.

Yeh me too. And when activation fails, you get a 30 day window to do it in. Works for me.

f***ing around with hax and patches to dodge Microsoft is just way too much work. Then again I don't pay for my software so Its prolly a bit unfair to tell you to cry less ... but cry less ;)