Re: Crack Office XP

[bill_weiss () att net]

bill_weiss () att net(bill_weiss () att net)@Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 01:25:07PM -0600:
> Blue Boar(BlueBoar () thievco com)@Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 09:54:38PM -0700:
> > Nicolás Gómez wrote:
> > > I went to the launching of the Office XP... in the entering of the Ballroom
> > > they bring to you a bag with some products....One of them was a Office XP
> > > trial for 30 days
> > >
> > > if someone has that crack or has some place to search for it, i'd appreciate
> > > it
> >
> > Several people have already replied that "this is the wrong list", 
> > or "go buy the software".  Including one guy who made that comment,
> > and then included a serial number.  Go figure.
> >
> > Anyway, I let it through because there have been news stories that
> > it has been cracked, and MS denies it.  I was hoping for an answer.
> > Second, I was hoping for a discussion of how the copy protection 
> > in XP products works.  Yes, it's a bit off-topic for vuln-dev,
> > and I usually toss such queries.  However, this is going to affect a 
> > lot more people, and I think it's also going to touch on privacy
> > issues.
>
> And here we thought you were losing your mind :)
>
> I, personally, have no intentions of ever touching this OS, if I can.
> But, some of my friends who are active in the warez scene have been running
> beta builds of it, sometimes since the day they come out.  For more info, 
> I refer you to this site:
> http://winblowz.orcon.net.nz/whistler.html 
> and, if that goes down, it's found at
> http://kickme.to/winblowz98
> And clicking on "Windows Whistler/XP"

Arrgghh...  Office != Windows (thanks to the person who pointed this out).

Same site (http://kickme.to/winblowz98), different link.  I imagine you can
find it.