There are ways around beating it if you have a cracked version of XP, but I dont think you should download the one off Microsoft and install it straight away; A certain group ripped one apparently, with instructions, but thats for you to find out

but without instructions, you're better off not bothering, or you could buy XP?

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yep

hahahahaha suckas!!!

i'vg got my "non retail" xp pro os with the legit service pack. i r 1337!!!

actually you needa figure a way of changing the sereal or registration number on your os in order for it to work. i did that, actually i downloaded the proggy to do that for me. also, it wont disable your OS it will just sat that it cannot be installed if you dont have a valad product key.

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i use XP Pro Corp + SP1 and it works fine without activation.

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Win2k service pack 3 is better

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