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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Friday, 10-Oct-2025 05:32:56 JST Slashdot :verified:

Windows Product Activation Creator Reveals Truth Behind XP's Most Notorious Product Key https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/09/1850202/windows-product-activation-creator-reveals-truth-behind-xps-most-notorious-product-key?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Windows Product Activation Creator Reveals Truth Behind XP's Most Notorious Product Key - Slashdot
  
  Dave W. Plummer, the Microsoft developer who created Task Manager and helped build Windows Product Activation, has revealed the origins of Windows XP's most notorious product key. The alphanumeric string FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 was not cracked through clever hacking but leaked as a legitimate ...

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