Re: Known XP pirated keys

From: Clint Sharp (clint_at_clintsmc.demon.co.uk)
Date: 06/12/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:36:14 +0100

In message <MPG.1b34ff26730e59ba989908@news.individual.net>, Tx2
<tx2newscollection-invalid-@hotmail.com> writes
>
>I have just been assisting someone with a Sasser infected PC, and noted
>that he had no licence sticker on the case of the PC, the OS being XP
>Pro.....
Ah, I know it's part of the license agreement to attach it to the case,
but was the sticker amongst the pile of disks every home user vehemently
denies receiving until you tell them you can't fix their machine unless
they find them/show them the delivery note they signed to confirm
receipt.
>
>I queried where he had obtained the computer, and he informed me a
>family 'friend' had built and supplied it.
>
>I was talking about updating Service Pack 1 with him (as no updates
>whatsoever had been performed on his PC) and of course the imminent
>release of SP2, mentioning amongst other things that if he had a
>'pirated' version of Windows installed, we may not be able to run any SP
>updates.
>
>I was able to download a utility that showed us his licence number, but
>it's not one i recognise as being pirated.
There are several utilities out there that can 'brute force' guess a
valid key and MS themselves released the info on how to use these keys
for the widely pirated XP Pro Corporate edition.
>
>Is there somewhere that publishes the known 'blacklisted' or pirated
>licenses that will be prevented from updating, or if i post the first
>few digits of his licence here, can anyone confirm as to whether or not
>this is a pirated version?
I'm sure if you 'phone MS on their Piracy hotline and ask nicely,
they'll tell you if it's a dodgy key or not.
>
>FWIW, he is going to re-approach the family 'friend' who built the PC,
>and ask him for a valid licence sticker to be supplied, or at the very
>least, confirmation that his installation is legal.
Dale Carnegie would be proud of you. Pigeons definitely running from the
feline.
>
>TIA
> 

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Clint Sharp
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