Let's clear up a common misconception amongst this forum:
There is no special XP Pro Corporate Edition.
There is XP Home and XP Pro.
XP Home only accepts XP Home keys - their algorithm only accepted in this OS
XP Pro accepts both single licence keys and VLK's - Volume Licence Keys. A VLK is commonly known as a corporate key, since this is where they are used.
Microsoft in both Win XP Pro, and Office XP Standard and Pro, accept VLK's that do not require activation. This is a godsend for people in my line of work, so we don't have to keep going online to activate every PC we reinstall, and we can enter the key into many machines, up to how many licences we have purchased.
So, the DO (Devil's Own) Win XP leaked version is a normal XP Pro version, with a corporate key - that is the only reason as to why it didn't need to be activated.
There is no special XP Pro Corporate Edition.
There is XP Home and XP Pro.
XP Home only accepts XP Home keys - their algorithm only accepted in this OS
XP Pro accepts both single licence keys and VLK's - Volume Licence Keys. A VLK is commonly known as a corporate key, since this is where they are used.
Microsoft in both Win XP Pro, and Office XP Standard and Pro, accept VLK's that do not require activation. This is a godsend for people in my line of work, so we don't have to keep going online to activate every PC we reinstall, and we can enter the key into many machines, up to how many licences we have purchased.
So, the DO (Devil's Own) Win XP leaked version is a normal XP Pro version, with a corporate key - that is the only reason as to why it didn't need to be activated.
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