Paul Thurrott bought illegal Windows

The key I had used to install Windows was a known pirated key, and required a modified version of winlogon.exe. This surprised me, naturally, since I don’t pirate software, especially Microsoft OS software that I have several legitimate copies of around the house.

We posted last week about WGA giving Paul a hard time, and it appears the copy he had actually was using an illegal key. Even though he purchased the copy online, it proved to be a pirated version. It goes to show… it’s incredibly easy to be fooled.