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Technology news outlets have today jumped on the emergence of a curious Windows XP-related activation tool - although the blog section of tinyapps.org low-key published details of this development back in late April. The tinyapps organization describes itself as "an aging catalog of tiny, well-made software primarily for Windows." Vintage operating system enthusiasts will be pleased to discover that the community-developed "xp_activate32.exe" tool is capable of "safely" activating Windows XP installs - with no need for nefarious software cracks or convoluted workarounds.
It is a bit difficult to fathom that there is continued demand for new XP activations - given the lack of robust/modern security features within a very old operating system (debuted in 2001). Official online authentication no longer exists - Microsoft shutdown all necessary servers nine years ago. According to The Register it was still possible - as recently as 2020 - to activate copies of Windows XP via a smartphone-based utility. The aforementioned (18 KB sized) "xp_activate32" executable is derived from Microsoft's phone app code. Legacy device hobbyists and workers tasked with maintaining ancient systems should express their thanks to retroreviewyt - who released the handy tool nine months ago.
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It is a bit difficult to fathom that there is continued demand for new XP activations - given the lack of robust/modern security features within a very old operating system (debuted in 2001). Official online authentication no longer exists - Microsoft shutdown all necessary servers nine years ago. According to The Register it was still possible - as recently as 2020 - to activate copies of Windows XP via a smartphone-based utility. The aforementioned (18 KB sized) "xp_activate32" executable is derived from Microsoft's phone app code. Legacy device hobbyists and workers tasked with maintaining ancient systems should express their thanks to retroreviewyt - who released the handy tool nine months ago.
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