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Re:Will Microsoft turn off the Windows XP activation servers... by gnu8 on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @12:22AM (#6403468)
Why bother doing any research when you can just claim the sky is falling and spam your blog on HN?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/51c...

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Re:Will Microsoft turn off the Windows XP activation servers... by comex on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @12:24AM (#6403475)
That thread does not actually conclusively answer the question.
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Re:Will Microsoft turn off the Windows XP activation servers... by frozenport on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @01:03AM (#6403620)
"The end of Windows XP support will not affect activation, but rather security updates and phone/online technical support." has been said many times for the last few years. I agree that this is a low quality blog post.
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Re:Will Microsoft turn off the Windows XP activation servers... by comex on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @01:50AM (#6403768)
It may have been said many times, but the linked thread itself does not contain any official statements and is not particularly conclusive.
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