Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 13th Aug 2007 21:38 UTC, submitted by flanque
Windows Microsoft has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers because the six-year-old operating system's continued popularity has nearly exhausted the supply of product activation keys. The new build, dubbed SP2c, includes no fixes or feature changes, but was created simply to address the shrinking pool of product keys. XP Pro SP2c, which has been released to manufacturing, will be made available to OEMs and system builders next month, said Microsoft.
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by Kroc on Mon 13th Aug 2007 22:07 UTC in reply to "RE"
Kroc
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Product Activation was killed first. Getting a pirate copy of XP without activation is easy, and users unhappy with Vista can very easily get XP without any effort. If there's anything I know about Windows users, it's that there's /always/ a workaround. ;)

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