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Ex-MS engineer reveals the story behind the infamous 'FCKGW' Windows XP key: 'Pirates started baking the key into images or just writing it on the CD with a Sharpie'

pcgamer.com · 23h · first report

Ex-MS engineer reveals the story behind the infamous 'FCKGW' Windows XP key: 'Pirates started baking the key into images or just writing it on the CD with a Sharpie'

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Across 2 sources · syndicated copies counted once

'The most plausible source is an OEM or hardware partner that received final media early so they could ship PCs on launch day.'

The coverage

  1. Retired Microsoft Engineer details the story about the famous leaked FCKGW Windows XP key — copy protection used 10MB of encrypted Microsoft Bob for validation

    tomshardware.com · 4h

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