Don't be cheering just yet, Bill.  Everyone who uses the XP keygen will
probably be unaffected by SP1's blocking right from the start, only those
that use the Corporate Version, the corp conversion crack, or the activation
timer crack will be affected.

And there will be a crack for SP1 too!  It will be the XPSP1 Corporate
Version by devilsown!  It will be available for download before SP1 is
released to the public, just like the original Corporate Version beat MS to
market in October!

Peace!
Kurt
www.kurttrail.com/msvcxp.htm


"Bill Gould" <bleakka...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8cea01c20685$19f4b600$19ef2ecf@tkmsftngxa01...
> Ah, missed the part about the blocking.
> Booyah grandma.
> *cheers that his money wasn't wasted*
>
> Bill Gould
> MCSE 2000
> -=All opinions are UNofficial=-
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Yes, BLOCKING.  There were various news releases last
> week, about the impending release of a 40MB MS service
> pack for Windows XP in August.  Among various features,
> such as facilities to easily use other browsers, instant
> messaging programs, email clients etc., OTHER THAN THE MS
> versions included with Windows XP,  the service pack will
> snoop systems for pirated versions of Windows XP, and if
> found, will disable the ability for those systems to be
> able to update.  Here's an excerpt from a USA TODAY
> article (If you want to read the rest of the article,
> click the link following the excerpt):
> >"Microsoft also will use the Windows update to crack down
> on software pirates: It identified a stolen unlocking
> combination widely distributed on the Internet to install
> Windows XP illegally.
> >
> >In an unusually aggressive move, Microsoft designed its
> update not to load on these illegal copies and will block
> these users from downloading future repairing patches from
> its Web site. Microsoft refused to estimate how many users
> might be affected except to say it identified a sizable
> number of illegal copies of Windows XP that would account
> for millions in lost sales.
> >
> >Microsoft's anti-piracy decision is not unprecedented and
> comes amid renewed debate in Washington about the adequacy
> of technology to protect copyrights. Microsoft previously
> used another software update to sabotage its Office
> business software electronically on computers it believed
> were running illegal copies."
> >
> >http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/24/microso
> ft-settlement.htm
> >--
> >T.C.
> >
> >Pay it forward...
> >
> >
> >"Bill Gould" <bleakka...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8c3a01c20672$830e0e10$9be62ecf@tkmsftngxa03...
> >> What blocking?
> >> Are we finally going to have to send MS info when we go
> to
> >> update?
> >>
> >> Bill Gould
> >> MCSE 2000
> >> -=All opinions are UNofficial=-
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >I have a friend who was scammed into believing that
> what
> >> he bought is an
> >> >original windows XP product. But after he had
> installed
> >> the product, it did
> >> >not ask anymore for the product activation after
> entering
> >> a product key.
> >> >Basically i had informed him that his Windows XP
> product
> >> key is a stolen one
> >> >and he could be affected by the impending release of
> SP1
> >> of Windows XP which
> >> >would coenside with the blocking of users who has
> illegal
> >> keys on the
> >> >Windows Update site. He had already bought a legal
> copy
> >> of Windows XP
> >> >professional but how could he "re-activate" it without
> >> reformatting. He had
> >> >already made significant installations to his computer
> >> and a lot of files
> >> >are involved.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >