Security Sticker Defeats Product Key In Showdown Of Annoying Security Devices

By March 18, 2008

Our good friend Mr. Scott Kidder says,

See, I try to be a good guy and purchase a retail copy of Windows XP to use on my Macbook. But the stupid security sticker is covering up the last five digits of the product key, and trying to remove the security sticker tears the label. I give up.

Boy, that sucks.

Nice Guys Finish Last [Scott Kidder]

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  1. B1663R says:
    March 18, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    or you can go to that torrent site with the little boat on it and type in xp key.

  2. spamtasticus says:
    March 18, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    You lost me at Windows.

  3. azntg says:
    March 19, 2008 at 1:23 am

    Return it as defective. Go for a chargeback if it isn’t resolved to your satisfaction.

  4. tamoko says:
    March 19, 2008 at 2:05 am

    @cde: Bingo!

    @jpx72x: chuckle…

  5. erica.blog says:
    March 19, 2008 at 2:11 am

    @backbroken: Actually Microsoft is quite generous with new product keys. I’ve gotten them multiple times for the same (8-year-old!) copy of XP. Most recently, it was because I upgraded my motherboard and the piracy protection thingy insisted I was on a different computer, therefore the operating system must be pirated. I did have to escalate beyond the first level of tech support (who seemed completely baffled as to why this would happen) but I got a new key with minimal fuss.

    I don’t think they see a lot of software pirates bothering with trying to get a valid product key when there are so many alternatives available to the enterprising pirate.

    @OP: Try to do an exchange with the store, but if they won’t help you, call Microsoft Tech Support and explain the situation.

  6. skilled1 says:
    March 20, 2008 at 11:21 am

    i sence alot of failure in this post.

    first: OP owns a mac.
    second: actual purchase of windows.
    third: posting about the first and second.

  7. tamoko says:
    March 24, 2008 at 6:22 pm

    @skilled1: I sense a lack of education… and too much narcisistic self-esteem in the previous post.

    first: Who cares… what, your any better?

    second: God forbid someone might BUY software, and this from some flavor of fanboy?

    third: Your a Douche.

  8. ViperBorg says:
    May 26, 2008 at 3:52 am

    Didn’t we see this already?

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