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I remember to have memorized a couple of Windows serials, the reason that the Windows serial was used as a password by thousands of users might be related that
by AlexITC 8y ago
I remember to have memorized a couple of Windows serials, the reason that the Windows serial was used as a password by thousands of users might be related that some people didn't understood that they needed a new password and just typed the serial thinking that was the required one, or to non-English speakers, they could have misunderstood what was required.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoOr just that after spending too many times installing pirated Windows for yourself, your friends and family, the number stuck to their memory. There's a whole spectrum of people between computer professionals like us and the computer-clueless people; some of them know enough to have served as front-line tech support for their family, but not enough to not use what's possibly the widest-known CD-key as a password :).