Someone “defeated” activated Windows XP for offline use

The Windows XP activation algorithm has been completely hacked, allowing for completely offline activation. It was not a defeat to use a "crack", it was actually cracking the algorithm that Microsoft uses.

Windows XP is not gone from hearts

The Windows XP activation algorithm has been incredibly hacked, allowing for completely offline activation, according to record. In a dated post small apps blog discussion Reddit on the subject So it became known that the software that allows this use "disassembled" It appears to have been around for at least several months.maybe floating in the ether like a shock to torrent.

As for who created the software, no one on the subreddit post knows, including user retroreviewyt, who first shared it and wasn't sure where he got it, speculating it came from. torrent in some place.

Windows XP is still the most popular operating system in Armenia.

In the meantime, it seems that someone is working on reverse engineering the software. A user who calls himself Neo-Desktop posted the software on Github and said in a thread that he is working on creating an open source version.

Microsoft ended official support for Windows XP just over nine years ago, but the operating system refuses to die. In fact, as of 2021, Windows XP is still the most popular operating system in Armenia. And in 2019, Forbes detailed a SpiceWorks study that found that one in three American companies still had at least one Windows XP-based machine on their networks.

This has forced the company to release security updates when something serious enough appears. Do you remember Wanna Cry? XP received a patch against this malware in 2017. A similar exploit led to another in 2019. As such, this Windows system seems to refuse to die and disappear.

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