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 ...

Hmm, Windows 7 DVD won't boot, XP CD won't except its installation key. Hmm, what could be the common culprit here? My first suspicion would be the optical drive or the CD/DVD.

A new tool has surfaced that can run XP activation offline using a cracked version of Microsoft's encryption.

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 ...

The change does not apply to existing Windows XP installations upgraded to SP3. Those copies, which have presumably passed the activation stage previously, will not request the key again ...

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 ...