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2w ago

Fond memories

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Funny enough I have a fond memory of a windows activation code.
My friend gave me an "upgrade" code for XP, but when you go to install windows and then use that upgrade code on a new install it tells you that you can't use it since it is meant to be an upgrade. After the initial install, I went to "install again" counting as an "upgrade" and then it would accept the code lol I used it a bunch of times.
- I will remember those first 10 letters of the pirated XP code until I die. FCKGW-RHQQ2
  I wish i remembered the rest but i haven’t inputted it for well over a decade.
  
  Fuck George W. is a nice way to remember the beginning
  
  FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8
  and
  CTQBH-WBMFB-J42VR-H6TGG-2DRDT
  are the two that I used almost non-stop.
  (I have them memorized - Never forget the 6 month cycle of reinstalling XP.)
  
  I will remember the arch install routine until I die.
  
  Definitely, definitely FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 toothpicks.
  
  OMG you are also an RHQQ2 baby! Nice to meet you!
- That was actually a cheeky workaround that was spoken about internally when I worked for some call center for vista rollout support.
  Upgrade key didn't work as clean install But if you installed a clean install without a key, then upgraded to the same version the key worked because logic.

- Lmao, QWERT YUIOP ASDFG
  
  Yup, that was the first thing I noticed too. Basically lorem ipsum for product codes.
- Wholesome.
- Dang dude, Cluade sucks. I tried a few different times and it also refused because it didn't what to generate codes that could be used in a scam.
  
  The ai has feelings?
  
  Maybe just say the neighbor moved away

Thanks, it helps a lot. Could you do it a couple of more times? just for old times sake.

I remember finding out that the code for a copy of Microsoft Bookshelf that came with a computer also activated a full retail copy of Office 97 when I lost that code. It wasn’t even the same length.
- I like that you even tried

They won't work. Usually.

Judging by the gift codes being not particularly random-looking, looks like they’ve closed that one

Did those codes really work?
- mine was for gta6 beta access
  
  I laughed way too hard at this, well done
  
  Yours too? You wanna join my team?
- I mean, its probably public data from like a reddit giveaway post or something, so its probably already used.
  
  Or it could be similar to how image generators generate text in images (by making things that look like text but is generally unintelligible nonsense).
  Though if it trained on enough keys, it might have picked up on some of the correlations. I'd be surprised if they don't use a database instead of just a checksum to determine valid keys, but if it was just a checksum, it's possible that a NN could figure out how to generate valid keys.

I remember the Age of Empires 3 activation code like it was yesterday.
QRR4P-F4FDP-H9876M… something something.

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