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[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 week ago (10 children)

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.

[–] teft 80 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

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.

[–] damnthefilibuster 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OMG you are also an RHQQ2 baby! Nice to meet you!

[–] Dasus 5 points 1 week ago

I've a vague recollection of scribbling those letters on a CD with a marker.

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