----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael McGlynn" <blastronaut at excite.com> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 7:03 PM Subject: [thelist] Microsoft Windows Product Activation (for Windows XP) > Here's a very detailed paper on how Windows XP activation works. > http://www.licenturion.com/xp/fully-licensed-wpa.txt They even have a > program (and source code) for decoding what the activation code is doing > (http://www.licenturion.com/xp/). Here's a detailed view of the paper :) - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20282.html -- _ __ ___ _ _ _ __ ___ @well.com William Anderson www.well.com/~neuro | '_ \ / _ \ | | | '__/ _ \ "The thing I love most about deadlines is the | | | | __/ |_| | | | (_) | wonderful WHOOSHing sound they make as they |_| |_|\___|\__,_|_| \___/ go past." - Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)