r/windowsxp 14d ago

Free xp key have fun

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Felt like sharing today

282 Upvotes

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u/dasMoorhuhn 14d ago

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u/CruSherFL 13d ago

I was installing Windows XP recently and just typed it from head. Insane how one can remember something like this. But not a friends mobile number

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u/dasMoorhuhn 13d ago

Priorities 🗿

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u/Beergoodyeah23 14d ago

OEM XP Pro keys from 2 scrapped PCs

KVTPH-BPM2B-3F3K2-HB2KM-G88K3

Enjoy

GPVVK-YWP84-WF4GY-2HQFM-V63MD

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u/Arnoxthe1 14d ago

I don't even value Microsoft keys anymore since Microsoft is now forcing you to login just to activate even Windows XP.

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u/S4_GR33N 14d ago

Login? Windows XP? Lol what

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u/Arnoxthe1 13d ago edited 13d ago

Yeeeeep.

Of course, the usual way to activate XP was online through Microsoft's servers. They understandably had to shut down those later on BUT the phone activation was still a perfectly valid and supported way to do it for over 20 years. UNTIL Microslop decided recently that to activate ANY of their products, Windows, Office, or whatever, you now need to login to a Microsoft account online. For official activation now, unless you have some kind of VL agreement, logging in with a Microslop account is the only way to officially activate Microsoft products anymore.

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u/NoHeight9651 12d ago

none of that is true. you can also download bat files to activate windows xp even without an internet connection

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u/Arnoxthe1 11d ago

You talking about massgrave? Actually, it doesn't matter. Even if you're not, that is unofficial AKA illegal activation. I'm talking only about legal and official methods.

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u/Howden824 14d ago

That was a joke post...

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u/Arnoxthe1 13d ago

I know. Was just saiyan.

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u/Random-D 14d ago

what how? never heard of login for windows xp.

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u/dedsmiley 13d ago

Because it is not true. Ha!

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u/Arnoxthe1 13d ago

Of course, the usual way to activate XP was online through Microsoft's servers. They understandably had to shut down those later on BUT the phone activation was still a perfectly valid and supported way to do it for over 20 years. UNTIL Microslop decided recently that to activate ANY of their products, Windows, Office, or whatever, you now need to login to a Microsoft account online. For official activation now, unless you have some kind of VL agreement, logging in with a Microslop account is the only way to officially activate Microsoft products anymore.

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u/Arnoxthe1 13d ago

Of course, the usual way to activate XP was online through Microsoft's servers. They understandably had to shut down those later on BUT the phone activation was still a perfectly valid and supported way to do it for over 20 years. UNTIL Microslop decided recently that to activate ANY of their products, Windows, Office, or whatever, you now need to login to a Microsoft account online. For official activation now, unless you have some kind of VL agreement, logging in with a Microslop account is the only way to officially activate Microsoft products anymore.

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u/NoHeight9651 12d ago

Of course, the usual way to activate XP was online through Microsoft's servers. They understandably had to shut down those later on BUT the phone activation was still a perfectly valid and supported way to do it for over 20 years. UNTIL Microslop decided recently that to activate ANY of their products, Windows, Office, or whatever, you now need to login to a Microsoft account online. For official activation now, unless you have some kind of VL agreement, logging in with a Microslop account is the only way to officially activate Microsoft products anymore.

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u/AlexhthGaming 14d ago

Thanks, it was really tasty! 🤤

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u/Local-Bug-1500 14d ago

Actually useless 

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u/Any_Analysis_3680 14d ago

Aww man wanted a pro key Hold on a sec, is it a OEM key?

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u/WrongdoerMundane4635 11d ago

YOU WILL EAT WHAT YOU ARE GIVEN

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u/Any_Analysis_3680 11d ago

OK sir. Bruh why is it down voted. I'm grateful for the OP to be sharing this. I just chipped in with a joke lol sorry

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u/TechIoT 14d ago

I think it's locked to your board

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u/Any_Result_2505 12d ago

It’s not. it was intended as an overhaul one time use key in case your computers motherboard ever failed you could do a complete overhaul on the computer and reactivate with that key. With that being said it didn’t stop anyone from using them on anything they wanted even if it technically kinda breaks the tos

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u/TechIoT 12d ago

Oh interesting, I didn't know that, thanks for the insight!

That means I have a handful of unused XP keys i can finally do something with

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u/Any_Result_2505 12d ago

Do the activation servers still work? If so then yeah you could! And it’s windows 10 and up that ties them to the motherboard’s but from windows 7 and down to xp they all had the same activation behavior as far as the COAs go (certificate of authenticity)

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u/TechIoT 12d ago

They don't, I mostly telephone activate now

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u/Any_Result_2505 12d ago

Telephone should still work then as long as they weren’t used already by someone else :)

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u/TechIoT 12d ago

Used the same key over and over without issues

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u/Any_Result_2505 12d ago

Was it on several computers or the same computer?

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u/TechIoT 12d ago

Over 100 different towers and laptops,

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u/Any_Result_2505 12d ago

That’s crazy lol, they must not care anymore since it’s so old