Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
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Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#2davepl must've done a fantastic job if it took this long (ignoring the fact that xp was cracked decades ago just through other channels)
Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#3Here I read "Green Hills" and wondered how an RTOS was involved.
Yeah. I'm an embedded guy.
Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#4> Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter.
Well in this case that's, uh...
> An old torrent I’d guess?
Wrapped in a 9-month old Reddit comment https://old.reddit.com/r/windowsxp/comments/wwjy5j/_/ilmr5s3...
Wrapped in a 1-month old blog post https://tinyapps.org/blog/202304230700_xp_wpa.html
Wrapped in this article
Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#5Here I read "Green Hills" and wondered how an RTOS was involved. Yeah. I'm an embedded guy.
"Green Hills Forever" also sounds like a Sonic the Hedgehog "endless runner" style mobile app. (If Sega needed a free idea.)
Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#6davepl must've done a fantastic job if it took this long (ignoring the fact that xp was cracked decades ago just through other channels)
More like there just wasn't enough interest. Other methods to bypass activation entirely (such as volume license keys) became inmensely more popular.
Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#7Here I read "Green Hills" and wondered how an RTOS was involved. Yeah. I'm an embedded guy.
"Green Hills Forever" also sounds like a Sonic the Hedgehog "endless runner" style mobile app. (If Sega needed a free idea.)
Sega already released at least four of those: Sonic Runners, Sonic Runners Adventure, Sonic Dash, and Sonic Dash 2.
But Green Hills Forever sounds like a great name for a retro-themed one. Also a compilation of retro Sonic music remixes.
Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#8Here I read "Green Hills" and wondered how an RTOS was involved. Yeah. I'm an embedded guy.
Worked in embedded in Santa Barbara for a while. Met a few of the wonderful folks at Green Hills over the years. Had the same initial thought.
Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#9Duplicate. TFA credits the Register for noticing first[0] (70 pts, 62 comments, 6 hours ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36082542). And references a blog post[1] (241 pts, 151 comments, 7 days ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35993044).
[0]: https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/26/windows_xp_activation... [1]: https://tinyapps.org/blog/202304230700_xp_wpa.html
Re: Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
#10My first thoughts were def Sonic and the first levels.