Does anyone know a patch so i dont have to activate windows xp home sp1 ????

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welcome to the world of intellectual property as a whole. Nowhere does anyone EVER say that you "own" windows, or any other software. You "license" it from the copyright holder.

Software isn't a tangible physical good. You own the CD media that your os came on, and the few cents worth value that that has. You license the right to actually use the information on the CD.

In the case of Joker-R's problem, he's running into the fact that he's violating the license agreement (by installing on multiple computers at the same time). But I think he gave up a solid 2 and a half weeks ago, when he realized that nobody here was forthcoming with an easy way to break winxp's product activation, so I guess it's a moot point either way.

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Cant argue that one at all! lol, I just get a bit tired of listening to these stories and having my intelligence insulted "C".
Your 100% correct about the licensing of course and I just knew that Joker was.......... well Im gonna leave it alone, as you said it IS a moot point now in retro! You can BTW if anyone has had this problem usually get another activation if you know how to speak and can beg properly! : )