Quoting Gobbles

I think that they should allow service packs to installed on any xp machine. I know it sucks but they need to suck it up and help the world...

No they don't. They have absolutely no obligation to provide a product enhancement to someone who has stolen their product. If you have a pirated copy of XP, and are concerned about security issues or other issues that the SP addresses, then all I can say is "Boo Hoo." If you need the fixes, you are either going to have to buy the software, or wait and hope you can get another pirated copy.

Imagine if you stole a car from a dealer's lot, then changed the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN.) Then 6 months later there is a safety recall on that car. Are you going to take in to the dealer and demand your free mehchanical overhaul to address the recall issue, knowing that they will run the VIN and not get a match? And knowing that they can probably query the car's computer for it's ID number and match it up from the factory info to be the car you stole? Do the dealer and the manufacturer need to "suck it up and help the world?" and fix your stolen car and not have you arrested for auto theft?

No, they don't, and neither does Microsoft.

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