Stardate 20011026.1250 (On Screen): Today is the official launch for Win XP -- and already cracks are said to be available to bypass its registration system. During the betas there were times when I thought the hackers out there were too smart for their own good; they'd find a crack and distribute it, thus giving Microsoft time to fix the problems. It appears that a lot of them were "less" smart; they found the cracks but kept them secret until Microsoft had already committed to the final version. Microsoft can still fight a rearguard action, though; it can make it so that service packs upgrade the registration system.
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