Re: 2 XP machines, same product key
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:52:30 -0700
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:51:38 -0500, "PanHandler" <Boon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Yesterday I bought a new eMachine at Wal-Mart for $298, with XP Home
preinstalled. After getting it configured and loading some programs I wanted
to get some info on the machine, so I loaded the Aida SysInfo utility and
while poking around in it noticed that the OS key looked familiar. I went to
my list of machines/keys on my other computers and found the SAME key in use
on one of my old (5 Year) eMachines that I sold about a year ago! I read
both keys at least five times to make sure I wasn't hallucinating.
What the hell? What are the odds of M$ doing that accidentally, and on top
of that, the chances an individual would ever catch it? How the hell can
this be?
It's not an accident and Microsoft didn't do it, eMachines did. It's
the key they use to bulk install XP on a large number of machines over
a long period of time.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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