Microsoft to Ease XP Activation with SP3

malware · Dec 29, 2007

Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the same 30-day grace period currently offered to Windows Vista customers before they're required to enter a product activation key, the 25-character code that proves the copy is legitimate. "As in Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Vista, users can now complete operating system installation without providing a product key during a full, integrated installation of Windows XP SP3," the Microsoft paper stated. "The operating system will prompt the user for a product key later as part of Genuine Advantage." With earlier editions of Windows XP, users must enter the activation key during the installation process itself; failing to do so, or using an invalid key, would result in the installation being blocked. The white paper, however, noted that the change does not apply to existing Windows XP installations upgraded to SP3. Those copies, which have presumably passed the activation stage previously, will not request the key again, Microsoft said.

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wazzledoozle · Dec 29, 2007

Another step towards windows becoming free.

JC316 · Dec 29, 2007

Yeah, that will ever happen. Unless a linux comes out with the compatibility of Windows, I don't think it will ever happen.

rick22 · Dec 29, 2007

JC316 said:
Yeah, that will ever happen. Unless a linux comes out with the compatibility of Windows, I don't think it will ever happen.

I wish linux would..i would love to say good bye to window.... :nutkick:

btarunr · Dec 29, 2007

You already can run simple Windows applications on Linux using either the free WINE or paid Crossover Office (For complete compatibility with MS Office).

I tried running Half Life on Linux using WINE by choosing Software as its renderer. It worked with some atrifacts and mis-colourarion. You'd need GLX for that anyway.

xfire · Dec 29, 2007

Dx-9 can be installed on linux.
Still Bungie should now become a linux gaming studio :roll:

I think steam has linux version also.
UT,Doom and torc are some good games for linux(it think even CS is there)

btarunr · Dec 29, 2007

No, Steam doesn't, it only has Linux compatible Dedicated server software, no games. UT needs no emulation layers, it has its own Linux executables. Doom and Torcs are long-lost inter-platform ports.

xfire · Dec 29, 2007

Dx-9 works under wine.I still havent tried it but my friend has and he says its better to stick to windows for gaming. Linux does get messy at times but still for stability its always linux.

TheGuruStud · Dec 31, 2007

I heard about a linux version being wrote from the ground up to be compatible with M$ crap, but idk if that'll ever come to fruition. (and it wasn't Lindows rofl)

xu^ · Dec 31, 2007

i belive most if not all ID software games have linux versions

Quake2,Quake3,Quake4,Doom3,RTCW etc

not sure about the new ET:QW but if not it will probably appear sooner or later.

eidairaman1 · Jan 1, 2008

i hope we can slipstream this into SP2 versions of XP so we can utilize the install process.

TheGuruStud · Jan 1, 2008

eidairaman1 said:
i hope we can slipstream this into SP2 versions of XP so we can utilize the install process.

has already been done for several weeks now

B1gg3stN00b · Jan 1, 2008

Is it true that service pack 3 will be faster?

...Or will service pack 3 just use up more of my comp's resources and be buggy and ruin everything like Service Pack 2 did the first 4 times I tried installing it?

*enjoys Linux*

eidairaman1 · Jan 1, 2008

your problem seems to quell from not installing on a Fresh OS, its better to install on fresh os or better yet slipstream the SPs into the OS.

B1gg3stN00b · Jan 1, 2008

But still, will it increase performance or just add unnecessary crap to my OS?

ShadowFold · Jan 1, 2008

B1gg3stN00b said:
But still, will it increase performance or just add unnecessary crap to my OS?

So far it did nothing to mine. No performance increase. No bloatware. Nothing... I am very disapointed. So I got Vista Basic :roll:

wazzledoozle · Jan 1, 2008

SP3 is just a hotfix roundup. Nothing new being added, besides the new install process.

SP2 + All current patches is the same as XP SP3.

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