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Funny enough I have a fond memory of a windows activation code.
My friend gave me an "upgrade" code for XP, but when you go to install windows and then use that upgrade code on a new install it tells you that you can't use it since it is meant to be an upgrade. After the initial install, I went to "install again" counting as an "upgrade" and then it would accept the code lol I used it a bunch of times.
I will remember those first 10 letters of the pirated XP code until I die. FCKGW-RHQQ2
I wish i remembered the rest but i haven’t inputted it for well over a decade.
Fuck George W. is a nice way to remember the beginning
Fuck George W, and Rodham Hillary Qlinton Qlinton 2. Seamless.
FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8
and
CTQBH-WBMFB-J42VR-H6TGG-2DRDT
are the two that I used almost non-stop.
(I have them memorized - Never forget the 6 month cycle of reinstalling XP.)
I will remember the arch install routine until I die.
Definitely, definitely FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 toothpicks.
Fucking blast from the past! Thanks for the memory 😎
OMG you are also an RHQQ2 baby! Nice to meet you!
I've a vague recollection of scribbling those letters on a CD with a marker.
That was actually a cheeky workaround that was spoken about internally when I worked for some call center for vista rollout support.
Upgrade key didn't work as clean install But if you installed a clean install without a key, then upgraded to the same version the key worked because logic.