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Re:The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked by thawkth on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:31AM (#36084661)
Only XP Home required this.

XP Pro did not need online activation.

That's likely why some people are saying they never had to do it.

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Re:The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked by iso1631 on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:57AM (#36085043)
I remember a week spent working on a corporate helpdesk in 2004 when phoning up to activate windows was a thing. I think it was the volume license key that didn't need activation -- the one we used in the "gold masters". For some laptops which were off to places where the corporate network didn't reach, they had retail xp profiessional installed.
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Re:The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked by thawkth on Friday May 26, 2023 @11:00AM (#36085079)
I am sorry you are correct and I was mistaken.
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Re:The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked by iso1631 on Friday May 26, 2023 @11:12AM (#36085236)
You're clearly not chatgpt then!

This morning it confidently told me that BFD packets from a cisco IOS device would be tagged EF. I asked if it were sure it wasn't CS6, then it apologised and said it was CS6. Then I asked if it was sure it wasn't AF31 and it agreed it was AF31.

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