Activating Windows XP in 2021

Thanks to Daniel Myslivets for helping me to gather information for this video.

Today I am going to show you how I activated Windows XP by phone. It was a disaster. Almost 20 years since the release, more than 7 since its end of life, OEM versions of Windows XP can potentially be truly activated using a phone and a toll-free number for any country. Welcome to my first ever voiced over video on this channel.

*Want to contribute with captions?*

*Timestamps:*
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - One peculiar feature
1:11 - The idea behind it
1:40 - Microsoft Activation Center call
12:47 - Disaster
13:37 - Conclusion
14:06 - Outro

Hope you have a great day!

#endermanch #experiments #windows

[meowcat]

9:07
Enderman: Fuck yeah
"Sorry, this is a Christian support. No swearing please." (hangs up)

[Joe]

Bot:
Speaks French
Enderman:
Is this Chinese?

[SlashJaye]

operator: please put these numbers
enderman: **puts these numbers**
operator: _no_

[catalysisgorger]

The activation procedure is more complicated than launching a missile.

[PhrostyGaming]

Fun fact - There is a lot of software that still relies on XP and even older operating systems. This is why the activation is still important. If Microsoft shut it down, many services, such as gas and electric companies, process controls and others essential services would no longer have the ability to operate. Some of this software is so sophisticated and complex that recreating it with current versions of Windows would be too expensive.

[pratafwd]

I wonder why the hell I’ve spent 14 min of my life watching a windows XP activation video in 2021

[himearikawa]

Operator: 82
Enderman: 82
Operator: Sorry, that didn't match

[safakashgaming]

When activating Windows feels like a College quiz. Contains Listening, Clicking, and typing

[gparyani]

They have to keep this alive for legal reasons, or otherwise people would complain that they cannot use software that they purchased. (Later software gets around this by including a clause in the Terms of Service that it's "licensed, not sold". Adobe learned this the hard way when they were forced to deactivate the activation servers for their CS2 products from 2005 for technical reasons, and as the software's ToS didn't have that clause, they had to release the whole suite DRM-free for anyone to download online.)

[cool_]

Imagine that old server being off for years, then suddenly an employee at Microsoft sees the old machine fire up again after almost a decade of no service

[UtraxTV]

Everybody: cant wait to see new Windows 11
Enderman: heres how to activate windows XP with phone number

[TheRaker]

For future reference, when trying to navigate computer voice menu systems, speakerphone is much harder for the computer to process than the phone's internal mic. Also, when you're using touchtones, push the number buttons longer, and mute the microphone. It helps keep the signal clean for the computer to process the beeps.
Source: 20 years working with telco Voice Response apps.

[thedarknightme]

8:56 my bro turned himself into an AI.

[Sreekar]

"This call may be recorded or monitored"
Enderman: Oh how the turns have tabled!

[cgplayz]

Alternate title:

“Russian hacker struggles with American customer support bot for 14 minutes”

[Unused-bj]

That Microsoft employee getting called 20 years later: *Who is this?*

[these]

8:00 it was asking just for the last digit (not the whole word), that's probably why it refused your repetitions and also the phone input.

[karmatical]

Internet explorer:
*Enderman is the first guy in the world to activate the new windows xp*

[stardusters]

Bot: Please say yes or no
Enderman: Yes
Bot: Sorry I can't understand
Enderman:
YESS

[ИльяСуминов-ыр]

im impressed that this way of activating windows xp still works, its been 8 years since windows xp support ended, yet it didnt mean that you cant activate windows xp using telephone 8 years after the support ended