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We finally know how Windows XP’s infamous FCKGW product key ended up everywhere

If you were a Windows XP user in the mid-2000s, you likely remember this iconic key: FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8. It's probably the best-known Windows XP product key out there. When paired with a ...
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FCKGW: How an internal Microsoft leak fueled Windows XP piracy

In context: Piracy has been a part of Windows history from the very beginning. Microsoft began taking the issue seriously with Windows XP, and Dave Plummer has now revealed that the first unauthorized ...
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Microsoft Makes XP Downgrade Available

Microsoft is making a “downgrade” disc available to people who want to buy a new machine but would prefer to keep Windows XP rather than to “upgrade” to Windows Vista. While Microsoft is still pushing ...
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We finally know how Windows XP’s infamous FCKGW product key ended up everywhere

Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

Windows XP: 25 Jahre und die Geschichte hinter FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8

Heute vor genau 25 Jahren, am 25. Oktober 2001, brachte Microsoft Windows XP auf den Markt. Viele von euch werden sich ...

Windows XP compie 25 anni, il sistema operativo che ha chiuso l’era DOS

Il 25 ottobre 2001 Windows XP ha portato sui PC di casa la base tecnologica di Windows NT, già utilizzata negli ambienti ...