Héctor Forcelledo

[The Legend of Monkey Island @legendofmi]

Happy New Year! By now it’s tradition, nothing says “new year” like fireworks over Mêlée Island.
#MonkeyIsland

[Declaration of Memes @LibertyCappy]

Pretty wild to have been born in the 80's... 👀

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@Siempre_neeey Fuego

[doomer @uncledoomer]

OK let me put this into terms that some of you can understand

[Dave W Plummer @davepl1968]

The story of FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8.

If you're not the type to pay for your software, you probably know this key. What you might not know is that I worked on the first version of Windows Product Activation, and this was our first major "hack".

And yet, it wasn't a 'hack' at all - it was a disastrous leak.

The FCKGW key was a valid volume licensing key, so all you needed was special volume media to go with it. Eventually, they were bundled and put online by pirates.

WPA worked by generating a hardware ID from your CPU, RAM, and other components, then sending it to Microsoft alongside your product key for validation. A mismatched or suspicious key would flag the install as pirated.

But as a legitimate VLK, FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 was whitelisted in XP's activation logic—it told the system, "This is corporate volume licensing; no need to phone home." During installation, users selected the "Yes, I have a product key" option, entered the code, and WPA simply... skipped the activation prompt.

The OS booted fully functional, with no 30-day timer or watermarks. It even fooled early validation checks for updates. This loophole let pirates distribute "pre-activated" ISOs, making XP as easy to "acquire" as a free mixtape. Technically, you could still use it today on an old XP disc (if you can find one), but Microsoft's servers shut down validation years ago, and the key's long since been blacklisted.

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@_Iconicmovies https://t.co/46Nw9eZEs8

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@kelvisM2477 @_Iconicmovies @grok https://t.co/46Nw9eZEs8

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@failure2sucess_ @_Iconicmovies Súper López - https://t.co/46Nw9eZEs8

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@Zequiodzilla @Rebeccavilches ¡Miiiira qué cara de críos! 🥰

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@yaiizafernandez ¡Tiembla Roro!

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@MuseumCommodore

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@MultiversoTM Zardoz ... un fotograma vale más que mil palabras ...

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

@AMAZlNGNATURE Here is the unedited video
https://t.co/3UaH4Iu3fh

[Asturias Memes @asturiasmemes]

esto me ha dejado sin palabras

[Santi Liébana @SantiLiebanaR]

Creo que es importante hacer una comparativa de...

SERVICIO MILITAR VS LLADOS. Punto por punto. Dentro hilo:

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@Free__Tech Here, in Spain, the same

[Fett Films @Fett_Films]

El artista Edouard Groult, nos muestra una representación desde su punto de vista de la vida de los soldados de asalto. Muchos humanos decidieron alistarse al ejército imperial porque eso les facilitaba sus vidas; les daban empleo, un techo dónde dormir, un salario y poder comer.

[Alejandro Forcelledo @AForcelledo]

15:35 y en Gijón ya hemos tenido verano, otoño e invierno, a las 19h dan primavera

[Héctor Forcelledo @forcelledo]

@vranjilovic @AForcelledo A ver, es batallero, sí, pero tiene razón @vranjilovic , es una sábana