> Link
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> Microsoft in mid-2005 will put a piracy lock on two of its download Web sites,
> requiring all Windows XP and Windows 2000 users to validate their copy of
> Windows as genuine before downloading software, the company says.
>
> The lock will be placed on the Microsoft's Download Center and Windows Update
> Web sites, which offer applications such as Windows Media Player and the new
> Windows AntiSpyware product as well as security updates for Microsoft products.
>

haw, i was thinking about posting about that.
but it won't matter too much.
first of all, most patches are becuase if internte exploder, use firefox.
secondly, all your base belong to gates

so if you really need to get your ms crack fixed (err patched) there will still be ways.
but like pf was saying, if you ain't using ms for anything other then windows itself, it's going to that big of a deal (there is still service packs).


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