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minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYou could only activate the same key several times before you had to call.
minus-squareCameronDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat could be it, but doesnt make sense for an air-gapped box?
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI think it does this even if you’re offline https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsxp/comments/1czbquy/so_how_do_i_get_past_this_screen/
minus-squareCameronDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMaybe its just the default for offline activation of volume licence keys?
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMaybe it was just xp home and not pro?
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoReally? Because hundreds of VM’s I’ve built used the same key. XP never validates the key online as far as I can tell.
You could only activate the same key several times before you had to call.
That could be it, but doesnt make sense for an air-gapped box?
I think it does this even if you’re offline
https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsxp/comments/1czbquy/so_how_do_i_get_past_this_screen/
Maybe its just the default for offline activation of volume licence keys?
Maybe it was just xp home and not pro?
Really? Because hundreds of VM’s I’ve built used the same key.
XP never validates the key online as far as I can tell.