Re: XP Serial Number Questions

From: D.Currie (dmbcurrie.nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:47:30 -0600

No part of the serial number is on the CD. The differences are in the
version Windows -- OEM, retail, upgrade, etc., that will only recognize the
corresponding set of serial numbers. But other than that, the CDs are
interchangeable as far as the serial numbers are concerned.

"choro-nik" <choro-nik@tvcom.net> wrote in message
news:8GEad.30263$ay5.18435@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Quite Simple. Some of those "characters" (numbers and/or letters) might be
> split up from the rest. So you have 2 groups of characters. One group
> might be a installation CD batch number. The second group might not in
> fact be on the CD at all . Or more likely there will be a whole range of
> thousands of combinations that have been assigned to that particular batch
> of CDs with your particular key being one of those possible combinations.
>
> It would thus be possible to burn, say a batch of 1,000 CDs with part/s
> of the fixed sectors of the "key" being the same while the 1,000 other
> sets of characters reserved for that particular batch being burnt onto the
> CD in another file or files. The key for your particular CD will be a
> combination of these two sets of characters.
> --
> choro-nik
> ********
> "bbford" <bbford@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:y2Ead.12996$Ia5.12321@edtnps89...
>> OK, then this is where I get confused.
>>
>> If the cd is installed with its serial number (the same serial number
>> that thousands of others have) and you use that same cd with its same
>> serial number and illegally install it into 10 other pc's.
>>
>> How does Microsoft know this and deny you your Windows updates?
>>
>>
>> "Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ux6SR39rEHA.192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Buford wrote:
>>>> Can someone tell me if all XP cd's have their own unique id number?
>>>
>>>
>>> No, they don't. If they did, they'd have to cost a lot more.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Bruce Chambers
>>
>>
>
>

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