
UCharles O’Rear/Microsoft
Akukaze kube njalo futhi kunzima kumuntu onenani elilungile lesikhathi, ukudangala, noma ukunganaki okuguquguqukayo ukuze azungeze isikimu sokuvula se-Windows XP. Futhi nokho ukusebenza kwe-XP, i-algorithm yangempela ebethelwe, enengekile kusukela ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale, ayikaze yephuke ngempela, okungenani ingaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi ngokuphelele. Manje, sekudlule isikhathi eside esiphethweni esinengqondo sazo zonke izinto i-XP, isixazululo sikhona, sizungeza iziteshi ezingemuva ezisekelwe kunkundla yewebhu izinyanga manje.
Kubhulogi ye-tinyapps.org (ibonwe okokuqala ngu Irejista), ehlinzeka ngezinga elincane, izinsiza ezincane zokufakwa kweWindows okunomkhawulo, iposi lebhulogi elinesihloko esifanele “Ukwenza kusebenze iWindows XP: GAME OVER“Yehlisa umlando wakamuva wabantu abafuna ukuvula iWindows XP eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 ngemuva kokuthi ikhishwe, eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye ngemva kokuphela kwempilo yayofuthi, ngokubalulekile, eminye iminyaka ngemuva kokuthi iMicrosoft ivale amaseva ayo okuvula ku-inthanethi (noma mhlawumbe avele nje izitifiketi ezishintshiwe).
xp_activate32.exe, uhlelo lwe-18,432-byte (i-hash esohlwini okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi ye-tinyapps), ithatha ikhodi ekhiqizwe inketho yokwenza kusebenze ifoni ye-Windows XP futhi iyicubungule ibe ukhiye wokuvula ofanele (I-ID Yokuqinisekisa), ungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi ngokuphelele. Iyaqhubeka kuwo wonke ukusula kwesistimu nokufaka kabusha. Kubonakala sengathi ukhiye ofanayo iMicrosoft engawuhlinzeka ngekhompyutha yakho.
Amathuluzi okukhiqiza okhiye i-Windows XP engawamukela ayekhona kudala ngaphambi kwalolu hlelo oluncane olungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethiâinqwaba kanye nenqwaba. Kodwa ngokuvamile kwakungama-software hacks noma amathuluzi okuqanjwa nge-brute-force decryption okuthi, ngenkathi amukelwa endaweni, angeke agunyazwe nge-Microsoft (ngoba lokho kubalulekani manje). Elinye ithuluzi, WindowsXPKgisingathwe kamnandi kumaseva e-GitHub ephethwe yi-Microsoft, ingakhiqiza okhiye kodwa idinga iseva yangaphandle okuthi, kusukela kulokhu kuthunyelwa, ayisasebenzi.
Abantu abaningi ngeke empeleni, ngethemba isidingo leli thuluzi. Izithombe ze-XP ezisebenza ngokugcwele ongakwazi ukufaka i-sandbox ngaphakathi komshini obonakalayo zikhona ezindaweni eziningi, kuhlanganisa nekaMicrosoft uqobo Imodi ye-Windows XP ye-Windows 7. Futhi, kunjalo, ukufaka i-XP engasekelwe kakhulu kudivayisi exhunywe ku-inthanethi yesimanje kuwububi obekucatshangwa ngaphambili. Sonke masijabulele lokhu ngenxa yokunqoba okuyikho, kokukhulumayo, kwezibalo, kuyilapho sisho umthandazo omncane walabo abasebenzelana nehardware edinga ngempela i-XP.