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Oops! MS.de 'pirates' its own WinXPs | |
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| Time: 07:07 EST/12:07 GMT | News Source: The Register | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Microsoft Deutschland seems to have accidentally pirated itself by shipping the same copy of Windows XP over and over again. Sort of, anyway. German sites 3Dwin.de and Heise Online report that numerous copies of XP with the same product key have been turning up, and naturally these won't activate, because they've been activated already. The copies appear to be genuine, and Microsoft Deutschland is currently trying to figure out what happened. It's not yet clear whether it's just one key that's been duplicated (chewing gum stuck on the ticker?) or whether it's some kind of production fault that's been churning out multiple duplicates. 3DWin claims a count of over 30 for one attempted activation, and says the problem affects several dealers, including Amazon.de. | ||
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