This is a tech guide board, is it not?
Well, if it is, it\'s obviously turned into a free for all with some of you debating on the stance that Microsoft takes in securing it\'s pirated versions of software... I, fo one have tons of pirated software, not many folks don\'t, or haven\'t owned them... I use them for testing purposes, and nothing more, because I run Debian and even Lindows most of the time.
I happen to be using Windows 2000 corporate edition right now tho, and for thos who want to know, it was made into an OEM by me as well... Not that this matters...
But What I looked into this post for was not to debate with a buch of guys who think they know about piracy in software, but to find out how others create no=cd key versions of windows, and especially XP. I am interested in this for educational purposes, as it suits me to do so...
The answer to the question on the 180 days time limit is, that there is none for the 2600 version, as was mentioned somewhere in the anals I\'ve read, it was sort of a complimentary corporate version copy that Micreosoft sent out to many many people in big businesses... Of course, in the future, it may be targeted for deactivation by Microsoft. Who knows... ?
I happen to think that this version of the 64 bit system was just an introduction to MS\'s proprietary control over their software. That\'s why Linux is the way of the future.... ;~)