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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.'
Task Manager's creator says it used to be 50 times smaller because 'in that time and place, small was fast and fast mattered'
News "It has to look calm even when the rest of the system is not."
During Microsoft's peak-anti piracy era in the early 2000s, it awkwardly got caught shipping Windows XP with audio files made using pirated software
News The giveaway was the name of the cracker, "Deepz0ne," buried in the metadata.
Turns out, Microsoft will offer Windows 10 security updates for free until 2026—but unfortunately not in the US or the UK
News Don't mind me, I'm just cussing out Brexit again.
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Microsoft's anniversary edition Windows XP-themed Crocs are definitely a look, but I'm not entirely sure I could carry them off
news These boots are made for coding.
Microsoft has fixed the only Windows bug I've ever liked: the Vista startup sound 'unexpectedly' playing on Win 11 machines
Instead of nostalgia, I get sadness.
Windows pack-in classic Space Cadet Pinball has been unofficially ported to Android devices—and it's free
News I can hear that nostalgic pinball table revving now.
Turns out Janet Jackson's laptop-crashing cursed bassline was the scourge of notebook makers for at least half a decade
News No struggle, no progress.
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