NoFrag

La rumeur à propos des versions Corporate de Windows XP dont l'algorithme d'activation aurait été modifié avec le SP1 a été démentie par Microsoft. Ceci dit, je vous conseille tout de même d'être prudent en téléchargent ce service pack :

"We are not changing the way volume licensing customers install or deploy Windows XP. We are not issuing volume licensing customers new product keys. Volume licensing customers are not impacted by any of the changes we are making to activation in SP1. The only folks impacted by the changes we are making in SP1 are people with illegal copies of Windows.

As I first reported back in May, the Windows Product Activation feature in XP SP1 will get two minor modifications, neither of which will affect any legitimate users. First, Microsoft discovered that the majority of pirated XP copies out there are tied to single volume license product key. So Microsoft alerted the company about the problem, changed their key, and disabled it for use after SP1. So anyone using this pirated key will be unable to upgrade to SP1 or any future updates via Windows Update.

Tous ces problèmes ne concernent pas les heureux possesseurs de Win2000 dont les plus courageux tenteront d'installer le leaked SP3 censé être une version finale (et qui ne l'est probablement pas).