Hello, I'm writing a program and now trying to find a way to check to see if a Windows XP CD-Key is valid. Obviously the algorithm is not known, but is there an API call in Windows that could do this ...

I did a search and didn't find any results concerning this problem. I've just built a new system and my Windows 7 disc won't boot, so I'm installing Windows XP so I can then install Windows 7 on top ...

The product activation algorithm was cracked “some time ago," The Register says, and in 2019 an open-source key generator was released that allowed for the printing of “endless Windows XP keys.” Last ...

Windows Windows 10 diehards who want security updates for free get a stay of execution, but there's a convoluted catch Hardware Jamming Windows 95 onto a PS2, goes about as well as you might expect, ...

Microsoft's TV ads for Windows XP show people flying through the air with the help of the new operating system. But computer users aren't racing to get this upgrade; NPD Intelect reported yesterday ...