Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then locks the server

Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by jackdoe on Monday March 02, 2026 @07:46AM (#47217325)

I had to reinstall win98 so many times I still remember the pirate key k4hvdq9tj96crx9c9g68rq2d3 by heart

good times :)

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Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by ValentineC on Monday March 02, 2026 @07:58AM (#47217418)

I guess I was more of the FCKGW generation. :)

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Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by deltoidmaximus on Monday March 02, 2026 @08:17AM (#47217612)

IIRC with Windows 98 you could just use any product key you had on as many machines as you wanted since there was no activation or real phoning home capabilities. So most likely your whole friend group would be using the same serial that was copied off your uncle's old gateway.

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Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by Tade0 on Monday March 02, 2026 @08:13AM (#47217562)

Ah, FuCK Gates, William.

I think there were at least three other commonly used codes, but this one was by far the most popular.

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Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by mghackerlady on Monday March 02, 2026 @09:33AM (#47218436)

I'm pretty sure 000-0000000 worked (at least on windows 95)

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Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by bitwize on Monday March 02, 2026 @11:32AM (#47220219)

FuCKinG Windows

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Re:Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then ... by lproven on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @07:35AM (#47231430)

Sounds like hard work. Didn't 11111-1111111 work?

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