
Quote: Originally Posted by
Snives
PParks, you can usually get ahold of OEM discs and sometimes even retail and simply use trial codes (enter no key or series of 0's usually).
Well the OEM's are tied to the machines that it's meant to be with, and I've never seen a full retail cd just given out without somehow "pirating" it.

Quote: Originally Posted by
Snives
This can also be done with the RTM version release many of us have already 'mysteriously' gotten a hold of.
Ok, so rather than steal the OS and crack it, you just steal it and choose to reload over and over again rather than properly license it. I guess that's a bit less on the piracy front.