this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2025
535 points (98.9% liked)

Funny

7305 readers
1453 users here now

General rules:

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] oleorun 30 points 1 day ago

FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8

and

CTQBH-WBMFB-J42VR-H6TGG-2DRDT

are the two that I used almost non-stop.

(I have them memorized - Never forget the 6 month cycle of reinstalling XP.)

load more comments (7 replies)
load more comments (8 replies)