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Ex-MS engineer reveals the story behind the infamous 'FCKGW' Windows XP key: 'Pirates started baking the key into images or just writing it on the CD with a Sharpie'
News 'The most plausible source is an OEM or hardware partner that received final media early so they could ship PCs on launch day.'
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No more USB installation: Windows 11 Insiders now able to fully reset their system via cloud download even when the OS won't boot
News It's called 'cloud rebuild' in the Windows Recovery Environment.
Microsoft had to change the anti-piracy hologram on the Windows 95 box because an undisclosed government assumed the baby on it was naked
News Microsoft says the government "shall remain nameless for obvious reasons".
Windows update that breaks some multiplayer games linked to our desire for gaming PCs that light up all the colors of the rainbow
News I knew all this showboating would bite us in the butt one day.
Microsoft is finally letting us turn the Windows 11 right-click context menu into something more like Windows 10
News All these years later and I still haven't adjusted. Oh, and there are File Explorer improvements, too.
It looks like Windows updates might actually be speeding up the OS now
News Less AI, more performance improvements: I'm here for it.
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As if PCs weren't expensive enough already, Microsoft is reportedly now charging OEMs more for Windows licenses
News Supposedly, it's a "significant increase."
Microsoft reportedly using TPM chips to weed out Windows piracy
News Spare a thought for the system administrators.
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