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What the actual hell. Who even remembers the key? And more importantly why? Why would you install XP once a week to remember it? I'm shocked by this subthread!
by fxfan 8y ago
What the actual hell. Who even remembers the key? And more importantly why? Why would you install XP once a week to remember it?
I'm shocked by this subthread!
- pvg 8y agoIt was the first consumer NT-based Windows, the first with activation and this key, which let you bypass all that, was out before the OS was officially released.
- rjf72 8y ago'Back in the day' regular formats were a pretty good way of maintaining system performance. They still are really but computers being an order of magnitude overpowered for all the tasks 90% of users do makes it less relevant. You'd be surprised how easy it is to memorize long series of digits when you enter them a few times. For instance FCKGW. Who was the president in 2001? You'll now literally never forget those 5 letters.
- psalminen 8y agoThat was the first thing I thought of at the beginning of this thread.
- bluedino 8y agoPopular electronics stores would do a in-store setup of your computer before you left with it. Part of this involved entering the users name and windows key. I probably used the same key to setup over 1000 PC's when I worked there.