Windows XP SP2 cracked already?

[MetaLRasaM]

Where the hell does it leave legitimate users like me?? :angry: :angry:

It ****es me off to see that illegal users have everything going for them with those damn f***ing crackers. :angry: :angry: There are some things that illegal users do not deserve and SP2 protection is one of them. Maybe MS should allow updates for illegal users such that their IE is riddled with holes and bugs and so messes up their system. :angry: :angry:

hey man...dont hate the playa, hate the game:P lmao...

:whistle: god i love this world!

[Si Veteran]

i will not be stong armed into buying something just so i can play games on my computer. games that i payed for..

But it says on the box that Windows is a requirement. You can see that before you pay for the damn game :rolleyes:

[klop]

what about those people who cannot afford to purchase windows?

LOL thats not a good reason to use illegal copy of windows.

[bonobozoot]

i will not be stong armed into buying something just so i can play games on my computer. games that i payed for..

Nobody's "strong-arming" anybody into buying any OS. You have the choice to use any OS you want but unfortunately there are not a lot of ports of the popular games in Windows to Linux.

[nmeu]

But it says on the box that Windows is a requirement. You can see that before you pay for the damn game :rolleyes:

right but... i said i'm being strong armed. and having the angst that i have and being the punk that i am.. and also (this is my newest excuse for being stupid) being the american i am, i don't like it.. not one bit

[BananaMan]

i will not be stong armed into buying something just so i can play games on my computer. games that i payed for..

Oh please. :rolleyes: So what, you feel you would have a right to steal a PS2 if you bought games for it? Who the heck is strongarming you to buy Windows anyway?

[[moribundi]]

what about those people who cannot afford to purchase windows?

What, you want something like Windows WE? Welfare Edition? :rolleyes:

[nmeu]

LOL thats not a good reason to use illegal copy of windows.

what if i spent all my money on herb? what's windows cost these days? 150-175 for xp pro?

[Si Veteran]

right but... i said i'm being strong armed. and having the angst that i have and being the punk that i am.. and also (this is my newest excuse for being stupid) being the american i am, i don't like it.. not one bit

So don't buy the game. Simple.

[nmeu]

,Jul 5 2004, 13:49] What, you want something like Windows WE? Welfare Edition? :rolleyes:

yeah dude.. windows for welfare bums would kick ass... i mean think of all the people that are on welfare that just sit home all day and use their computers.. ha :p

[Notsnarc]

Everything can be cracked and always will be until users have no control whatsoever and then noone will buy windows

I am actually surpised at how easy cracking and ripping is

I always thought that these were people who worked for like a year on (some do, but rarely)

and then I myself was able to make a nocd crack for some game in a week and firgured out how to rip stuff off launch in 40 minutes (though I use two programs to help me in my rip technique so it's not like I did it from scratch

but it should be harder to crack then this, I mean seriously RC2 has only been out for like a month

-Notsnarc

[BananaMan]

what if i spent all my money on herb?      what's windows cost these days?  150-175 for xp pro?

Last time I checked the RRP was around $300 USD. You can get it for less than half than the RRP on ebay though. That's how I got my copy.

EDIT: Reworded the sentence.

[[moribundi]]

right but... i said i'm being strong armed. and having the angst that i have and being the punk that i am.. and also (this is my newest excuse for being stupid) being the american i am, i don't like it.. not one bit

Then go out and get the *job* that you *need*, rebel.

[traxx]

Honestly, I see the reasoning for making these piracy prevention features, but it's is really wasted coding. Everything will be cracked one way or another, and there is really no way around it except for like....having each cd have a different serial number which in order to get the actual key you enter you need to call the software maker.

I would rather see them spend the time spent trying to stop piracy used rather to fix some of those holes that keep popping up.

SIDENOTE: Perhaps the release of SP2 has been so delayed because everytime someone cracks their current prevention scheme, they go back to the drawing board.

[nmeu]

i'm not a rebel.. i just disregard lots of things and get ****y when i'm pushed around

[Rek]

Review high priority updates

High priority updates are critical and security-related updates.

No high priority updates are selected for installation. Microsoft recommends that you install high priority updates to help keep your computer up-to-date and secure. To view optional updates available for your computer, click one of the optional updates links under the Home link.

Total updates selected:  0 items, 0 KB, 0 minutes

  Go to install updates 

High Priority UpdatesNo updates available

I always get that from windows update. EVERYTIME

[nmeu]

being a best buy employee i was able to hook up with several copies of home and pro edition the day XP was released..

[bonobozoot]

,Jul 5 2004, 13:49] What, you want something like Windows WE? Welfare Edition? :rolleyes:

:rofl: :rofl: That was the funniest comment I have heard so far.

SIDENOTE: Perhaps the release of SP2 has been so delayed because everytime someone cracks their current prevention scheme, they go back to the drawing board.

I seriously doubt that. I dont think MS will do that everytime a crack is released. That means they may never get to release if the crackers want to play fun and release a crack everytime just to spite MS.

[NY1]

,Jul 5 2004, 17:49] What, you want something like Windows WE? Welfare Edition? :rolleyes:

:rofl: :rofl:

AHAHAHA

[guru]

most of the guys who use pirated software wont buy it anyway :rolleyes: so i dont think microsoft is losing anything..... come to think of it. may b some chinese corporations which windows illegally may b an exception

[BananaMan]

SIDENOTE: Perhaps the release of SP2 has been so delayed because everytime someone cracks their current prevention scheme, they go back to the drawing board.

Doubtful. To get past the issue with people using keygens to get past activation with their VLK copy of Windows XP would require an incredibly fundamental change to the way the Windows XP installer accepts VLK keys (eg. new keys will need to be issues by MS, silent pseudo-activation with verification of the key when access to the internet was made available to the workstation, etc). These changes would cause hell for admins who roll out the service pack over a network to many workstations, not to mention raise a lot of privacy concerns. And on top of all that, it would probably be cracked again in a month.

Bottom line - it's not worth it for Microsoft to devise new methods of disabling users with illegal copies of Windows XP using a VLK from a keygen, as it would provoke a lot of criticism AND it would be most certainly be in vain.

[Joel]

i will not be stong armed into buying something just so i can play games on my computer. games that i payed for..

So if you paid for a car, you wouldn't buy gas? :blink:

[kak]

This is old news. New keygens being released does not effect the legit users out there. I agree with their first offer, letting everyone have it so the threats stay minimal. Microsoft gets everything they deserve for being as greedy as they are [exploiting the average home user by not doing their own job].

Don't worry. You're computer will get SP2 and you'll sleep fine at night.

[nmeu]

So if you paid for a car, you wouldn't buy gas? :blink:

if i payed for a car i would expect it to come with an engine

[Amarok]

Someone said something about how secure can a firewall be if you can get a key for it with a keygen....What does that have to do with anything dude? All software can be cracked and keygens and cracks are released for them just days or hours after they are released.