is there a way of getting xp updates on a warez :shock: version of XP home?
its not me its a mate he was ripped off at a computer fair he brought the disc and it wont update he has tried to find the bloke that sold it to him but to no avail. so is there something you can alter to get the updates its mainly SP1 most of the other updates it lets him d/load just the SP! it wont

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
that where sould go.
here is other one
http://www.microsoft.com/
If u can get that update page it load slow today second link has different thing on window and there link to updates.
Okay first lol i get error message to funny

Mr Anderson wrote:


wink wink.... :wink:

Probably not. The version you.... I mean, your friend has is probably installed on quite a few machines. The best thing you can do is call Microsoft, and get a new key. Your friend will have to pay for it. For XP Home, I think it is 89 dollars US.

lol i used to run a not quit so innocent version of xp but i am all legal now because the laptop i have came with xp loaded my mate isnt quiet so lucky :lol:

is there not a way of altering the registry or shall i tell him to turn to kazaa :roll:

Here ya go ONE follow exactly it works great use it regularly!!

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?d ... ge=1&38708

your a star vette thanks

good reading

Nice Vette!

I was afraid to even begin to try to answer -- entrapment!

Hmmmm. Very interesting reading.... If I come across a "used" copy of Windows, I may just have to give it a shot. Thanks Vettester 8)

Vette beat me to it. Note that the key generator program always generates the same set of keys. I noticed this a year ago or so. Try it you'll see. The other thing that spooked me was that the site they point you to is in fact a microsoft site to get the SP1 but it's not the same site you connect to in order to get the SP1 from Windows Update. From these two things, I assumed that Microsoft is in on this for who knows what reason. Maybe just to gauge how many people are using the link from tweaktown or whatever it's called. I just thought you might want to know these two things before you assume it's free and clear. Even knowing what I just said, I have tried this process before. It worked perfectly and not a single software policeman has shown up at my door step yet. If one does, I'm sure I won't have enough time to tell you about it. Cheers!