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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet
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this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2026
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Remember when you activated software with a key on the back of the CD case?
FCKGW?
How did you get MY key?!
Your key‽ That’s MY key!
Our key comrades.
I remember key generators.. :)
Never had any luck with those to say the least...
I think today, maybe they dont work. But I was using them in the 90s and 2000s, they were great and had music and graphics and everything, coded in pure assembly. :)
I remember awesome multi keygens for groups of titles by one publisher. Good times 😁.
those had the BEST music for some reason.
I never used the one on the CD case, I just used all ones. Or 123451234512345, etc. for Windows 98.