The Bootleg Office Saga Finale - Comparing To A Real Copy + Product Key Status

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  • @richardeliukas
    @richardeliukas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    Man flexing all of his microsoft office 2010 's

    • @markusTegelane
      @markusTegelane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      and only one copy is actually genuine

    • @Gui2226
      @Gui2226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@markusTegelane only one unit is genuine

    • @microsoftjuice5428
      @microsoftjuice5428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes. But its only video, not flexing.

    • @jakobmcquade3488
      @jakobmcquade3488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@microsoftjuice5428 I agree

    • @pandoraisadog
      @pandoraisadog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Gui2226 de mi vida

  • @gugajedi
    @gugajedi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Hi Michael, this "customer satisfaction" is because people that will call will relate the problem with Microsoft not with the seller directly. My brother in law use to work for M$ Brazil, and this is in fact what Microsoft has decided to do... People buy pirate software online, looking like legit, and will call to complaint, to avoid the negative "Microsoft doesn't help/Microsoft products sucks" from customers it's just easier to activate it and have a good customer experience.

    • @MichaelMJD
      @MichaelMJD  3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Yeah that lines up with what the MS employee told me. I figured they just do it to avoid any complaints that the customer will just associate with Microsoft even though the software is counterfeit.

    • @justananimefan1570
      @justananimefan1570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      One time I bought a real windows 10 key from best buy and the key wasn't working, I called the REAL microsoft support and I know the key was real because it was from best buy and I know the support was real because it was the real microsoft website
      I got the phone number from, well anyway I call and I get a support rep for India who, after spending like 40 Minutes on the phone with, proceeds to tell me they can't activate it because its invalid, this was obviously not true but they still wouldn't activate it
      like billions of people use windows every day and a lot of people just crack it and call it a day but I buy it and they tell me they can't activate it not to mention I had to wait like 20 Minutes just to speak with someone
      that whole "Good customer experience" Act is bs

    • @gugajedi
      @gugajedi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@justananimefan1570 Where are you from, doesn't your country has a Local Support Line, here in Brazil we call Microsoft Brazil. I've a lot of experience with this kind of relation since I've called than many times for many different problems not only on personal matters but also on professional too, so I can't really complaint about Microsoft support, they have always helped me.

    • @greenerell484
      @greenerell484 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I like that Microsoft does this

  • @OliveIsTyping
    @OliveIsTyping 3 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    This is one of the best tech channels on TH-cam

  • @dani.munoz.a23
    @dani.munoz.a23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    Imagine being the guy who has to block the product keys
    "Alright Jim, here's today's report. 50 keys from eBay to block"
    "Just kill me already"

    • @jamiemarchant
      @jamiemarchant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well I'm sure he gets paid well for work or maybe it's partly automated.

    • @bokexd3173
      @bokexd3173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      its office 2010,not a big deal for microsoft,a 11 yo sa ftware,not latest office

    • @dani.munoz.a23
      @dani.munoz.a23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bokexd3173 but the fact that the id in the first place was blocked means something

    • @nukiradio
      @nukiradio 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They probably image - to -text the bootleg products, then plug them all into a program

    • @countzero1136
      @countzero1136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just use Libre Office - No keys, no BS

  • @DirtyBlueshirtAU
    @DirtyBlueshirtAU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    19:03 - X16-11455-01 is the SKU for Office Professional 2010; X16-11459-01 is the SKU for Office Home & Student 2010

  • @randoschannel3801
    @randoschannel3801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The end to one of the most interesting series on the channel

  • @anurbanpenguin8890
    @anurbanpenguin8890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    You got more out of Microsoft on how this system works than I did as a genuine Volume Licence customer.
    We used to get physical copies of the products we had on volume licence and the keys were in the binder with them. One time our premises were broken into and this binder along with multiple, (thankfully encrypted) laptops, was stolen.
    On contacting the volume licence centre they reissued all of our keys with new ones. I had a note of the old ones in an excel spreadsheet and periodically checked them in the volume activation management tool. They were never used, but they were also never deactivated and kept their full count of activations. So it seems Microsoft are pretty relaxed on this whole thing tbh.
    Brian from tech yes city did an episode on buying cheap windows 10 keys and the outcome from Microsoft seemed to be "as long as it activates we don't really care". They already have their money I guess.

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They especially don't care with 10 too because the big play for them is to force everyone onto it just by sheer mass market influence.

  • @stonent
    @stonent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    On Office 2007 and 2010, the UPC bar code is on the seal covering the plastic box. So when you get the box they scan the top of it. Then you get it home, peel off the shrink-wrap, slide the plastic box out, and break the top seal, before you can open it. I installed dozens of Offices when I worked at Best Buy from 2008 to 2012 when people would buy them.

  • @AnnaVannieuwenhuyse
    @AnnaVannieuwenhuyse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    The odd QR Code on the back of the box was a proprietary format developed by Microsoft for the same types of purposes QR codes and Aztec codes were made

    • @kbhasi
      @kbhasi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was called 'Microsoft Tag'

    • @BilisNegra
      @BilisNegra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...And was there when what we know as Smartphones today (that is, Android/iOs based) were in its infancy, so if they had printed a QR on the box, the chances of many people actually reading it with their phones were rather slim, so what matters if they used their proprietary thingy instead.

    • @therealmoopmoop.4321
      @therealmoopmoop.4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s not QR, like you said it is Aztec.

  • @wohlhabendermanager
    @wohlhabendermanager 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember a quote from Bill Gates where he said something along the lines of: People will pirate software no matter what, so we want them to pirate OUR software. We will get money from them in different ways sooner or later.
    And I guess he had a point: If people pirate Microsoft products, then it still means they won't use the software of a competitor, so that's still one foot in the door. He also didn't mean to sue owners of private copies (like: You could still buy this from eBay or wherever in good faith, hence Microsoft just unblocking the keys), but he meant: Sooner or later those people, who pirated a Microsoft product, might buy another product from Microsoft. And this wouldn't happen if they didn't pirate Microsoft software before.
    Anyway, tl;dr: I used to get product keys from MSDN-AA when I was a student, which was pretty cool. And I could get Office 2010 for like 50 bucks, which was an amazing price (keep in mind: This was when Office 2010 still was the newest version of Office).
    But it didn't work quite as Gates planned for me: I switched over to Linux a few years ago. Now I only ever use Windows at work.

  • @MartyTuro
    @MartyTuro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    03:30 oh god I remember a few years ago they really tried to make those weird QR codes into a big thing, guessing it didn’t work out

    • @dregenius
      @dregenius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thought the same thing. I even remember in college programming courses being taught about them and expected to use them for some stupid thing, surely in a desperate attempt by the university's corporate overlord Micro$haft to make them relavant. Makes me wonder why Microsoft in particular is so useless at innovating - not to say they never have, but these days they just can't do it. Everything from their mobile efforts to Windows on arm are all just a total wash, in stark contrast to Apple, who seem to be quite good at not only implementing relavant changes, but pushing the entire computer industry to do so. USB-C, for example... guarantee would have never happened because the PC side is *so* incredibly resistant to change, even when it benefits the entire industry.

    • @luluthecat1570
      @luluthecat1570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ndlanding i have a lumia 520 with windows 10 mobile installed and the spellchecker is incredible and the swiping keyboard is really awesome

    • @luluthecat1570
      @luluthecat1570 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol ruffles chips had those
      now they dont lmao

    • @karolisstankevicius6325
      @karolisstankevicius6325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dregenius Well usb-c was already a big thing in mobile and laptop markets before apple got onboard. Apple doesn't really innovate anymore they take whats already a proven technology and adopts it improving and popularizing it (mag safe comes to mind, wireless charging was a thing in android since at least 2015). Apple has a cult like following that Microsoft simply doesn't have (thank god) that's why Apple has easier time pushing new technologies to mass markets.

    • @kanedaku
      @kanedaku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dregenius What are you two talking about? QR codes are used every day, in England when you go into a bar or restaurant you scan the QR code to sign yourself in for contact tracing. Every smart phone has a built in QR checker from within the camera.

  • @robindieker6033
    @robindieker6033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I worked for the VL team at msft for some time and also got access to the tool the msft employee used. basically when installing a VL key there is basically a soft lock (like when you have 100 activations and used around 110 its ok) a hard lock (well, 130-150 activations) and then we are able to manually reset the key or even issue a new one (that only happens when you have a valid purchase invoice or sth to legitimate though).

  • @hatsumimiku9826
    @hatsumimiku9826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3:24
    That is actually Microsoft Tag or HCCB.
    Its killed by Microsoft in August 19,2015.
    High Capacity Color Barcode (HCCB) is a technology developed by Microsoft for encoding data in a 2D barcode using clusters of colored triangles instead of the square pixels conventionally associated with 2D barcodes or QR codes.

  • @superpou184
    @superpou184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    also the letter 'i' in the word office on the side is connected with 'f' on second bootleg but not on the first bootleg and the legit one

  • @prycwrn
    @prycwrn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "do not lend or make illegal copies" written on conterfeit discs.
    ah, the irony.

  • @blankpage9277
    @blankpage9277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bootleg plastic things are often made in the real molds, just with cheaper materials, if the original product is already made in China. No need to make an inferior mold when you can use the real deal and make a few extra bucks at night :)

  • @CrazyMan_Engineer
    @CrazyMan_Engineer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    if you look at the real copy the hologram only reflects the light of the layer that is reflecting light .The bootleg reflects multiple layers at once

  • @arnox4554
    @arnox4554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Funnily enough, the more used a Microsoft product looks, the more likely it is that it's actually genuine. lol

  • @rz1_1221
    @rz1_1221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Office Standard 2010 was also only obtainable via volume licensing, like Pro Plus. It is one of those editions no longer being sold today

  • @ukraineballaviation1483
    @ukraineballaviation1483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Imagine if in the next Bootleg's manual it would say: "SUFTAR" instead of software or saftware lmao

  • @luluthecat1570
    @luluthecat1570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video is worth of the best place any video can be: watch while eating playlist

  • @Kristibek
    @Kristibek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Plot twist: this copy is also a bootleg

  • @xKynOx
    @xKynOx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I haven't had to phone Microsoft in years, it was always a pain when you had to reactive XP.

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah it was a massive pain before to have to phone MS. Thankfully though, they can now automatically text you a link to your phone that will GREATLY speed up the process. It's so much better now.

  • @Mario583a
    @Mario583a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Idea for a strange video: LibreOffice and Microsoft Office. Some folks claim that MS Office is just miles beyond better than LibreOffice is terms of functionality, usability, familiarity, and Font Kerning, idk the real reason.

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LibreOffice up until VERY recently used to have shitty kerning and general display bugs on Windows. Like, it was astounding how long that issue went before it FINALLY got fixed.

    • @markusTegelane
      @markusTegelane 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lilianrousselot2927 Microsoft Office also has plugins, just saying...

  • @TommyCrosby
    @TommyCrosby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congrats on finally getting a legit copy of a now unsupported Office version!

  • @GregInHouston2
    @GregInHouston2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The biggest problem I have faced with my Office 2010 activation code is finding out years later that it is counterfeit. If they do not tell you in the beginning that there is a problem with the code then you cannot challenge the credit charge.

  • @Slevin-Kelevra
    @Slevin-Kelevra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Another episode in the soap opera: Day's of our Office! 😁😁😁👍👍👍

    • @musicalneptunian
      @musicalneptunian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like bootlegs through the hourglass, these are the Days of our Office. DahDah Dah daaah daah dah duhdah da da...

  • @castlejeta9019
    @castlejeta9019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Man, I miss the clapper in the background. I love trying to find it in the video's like a where's waldo with clappers.

    • @lucianothewindowsfan
      @lucianothewindowsfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where's Clapdo. (or as it should have been known in some countries, Where Claply?)

  • @mit.
    @mit. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you know it's a good day when you hear "Hello everybody and welcome back to another video" in a recognizable tone

  • @charliecooper5457
    @charliecooper5457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know someone who purchased an iMac and they installed a paid copy of MS Office purchased from the Apple Store (and the Apple Store installed it for him fresh from the box). When he got home someone called him pretending to be Apple or Microsoft saying they noticed issues with Office and needed to remote into his new Mac to fix it. Turned out the Apple Store purchased loads of these fake Office copies - when they realised what happened they removed all the Office boxes from the shelves.

  • @Fuzy2K
    @Fuzy2K 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you press the 0 key repeatedly he says "Pull over! pull over! pull over! pull over! pull over!" 😆

  • @jamiemarchant
    @jamiemarchant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes, you can easily tell which one is real but on an eBay listing, I might have made the same mistake. However in the thrift store when you can pick up the item and examine it I would be able to spot a fake and if I was unsure I would try and peel the hologram, an excellent idea. :)

  • @nschwarts
    @nschwarts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I imagine the reason for there not being barcodes on the boxes is due to the original product being wrapped in some kind of film at the store and having a sticker on there. The inner case would need to be held inside the cardboard shell somehow, but that's just a theory.

  • @Mageman17
    @Mageman17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We once had a customer come by with a "shrink-wrapped" box of office 365 he bought somewhere. We had troubles activating it and office support had to logmein to his computer and confidentially tell us via notepad that the key has already been used and activated.
    I took a look at our Office 365 boxes and not only was the plastic packaging different (the plastic wrapping is folded in on the spine and in some corners), the colors seem to be faded as well. It's either a genuine counterfeit or the box was opened and then shrink-wrapped after using the key.

  • @robertfoster6070
    @robertfoster6070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I was working in a Reprographics department, I was asked to produce a form on deep pink card, but because it was so difficult to get a clean copy from the original card, I was forced into measuring, setting up tables and text frames to make a "quality forged" copy of the original form.

    • @sophiabuchman4517
      @sophiabuchman4517 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which repographics department?

    • @robertfoster6070
      @robertfoster6070 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was in a UK government department and the form was only made legitimate by an approved person’s stamp on the form after it was written on in the appropriate places.
      It goes back to when Windows NT and Serif Page Plus was used to create the form. So as it was an electronic template, any time another copy of the form was required, I was able to print it on deep pink card.

    • @sophiabuchman4517
      @sophiabuchman4517 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@robertfoster6070 Thank you for replying :) - I was so confused why you needed to do such a process lol

  • @TechNetworkUK
    @TechNetworkUK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love the Weekly uploads

  • @macinjosh2223
    @macinjosh2223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm waiting for a bootleg software series, this was very interesting!

  • @rjwboys
    @rjwboys 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    actually that sticker thing that is in the official copy from the Microsoft store isn't a anti theft device its actually product tracking device aka a RFID they use that to track how much inventory is in the store

    • @MickeyMousePark
      @MickeyMousePark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that makes more sense..having RFID theft prevention in the company store would be very very strange..

    • @wolstech
      @wolstech 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope. It's for anti theft, not inventory tracking. The black logo on that white tag looks to be the "reaching hand with cross hairs" logo of sensormatic, a major anti-shoplifting system provider.

  • @luheartswarm4573
    @luheartswarm4573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    michael's editing is on fleek

  • @Sb129
    @Sb129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still rocking that Office 2007 myself that came with my computer

    • @countzero1136
      @countzero1136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Office 97 was pretty good, but I use Libre Office these days. The only MS office product I still use is Publisher 97 which is still awesome today (Though it won't run on 64-bit systems without a bit of screwing around)

  • @Dr.Mohandes
    @Dr.Mohandes 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    biggest things that blows it away are grammar mistakes
    most people simply don't remember the colors

  • @mastergenius0039
    @mastergenius0039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m so happy when you post a video I love your videos so much you are my#1 tech youtuber in my favorites keep doing the good work

  • @mattelder1971
    @mattelder1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One last thing that would be interesting to do is a hash comparison of the different CDs.

    • @davidlee9074
      @davidlee9074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No need to do that in this case. If you watch the previous videos you would see that the three disks all have different editions on them. The genuine one would obviously have Professional, yet the first bootleg has Standard and the second has Pro Plus.

    • @mattelder1971
      @mattelder1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidlee9074 Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. I was thinking one of them was the same.

  • @outsidethewaxbox
    @outsidethewaxbox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m not sure how the Office suite operates with MAKs, but with the Windows OS MAKs phone home and an activation will time out after a number of weeks, technically returning the license to the MAK pool. Whether or not the software will bark at you saying the activation is no longer valid is kind of luck of the draw.
    The UPCs for this generation of MSFT products is usually printed on a label that seals the spine, and sometimes can also be found on the COA label.

  • @benschalley3744
    @benschalley3744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have a 100% legit retail copy of Office 2010 Professional (Dutch version) and there is NO barcode on the box. There are only barcodes on the product sticker sealing the shell.

    • @jamiemarchant
      @jamiemarchant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I guess barcode or not depends on where you buy it from.

  • @davinp
    @davinp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If Microsoft detects a product key has been pirated or reaches activation limit, they will block it

  • @JamesThunes
    @JamesThunes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The font on the spine is also slightly different. Look at the ligature for "ffi" on the bootleg copy

  • @justforgames3550
    @justforgames3550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bootleg copy sellers after seeing this video
    "Write that down
    Write that down"

  • @TheGlitchyMario
    @TheGlitchyMario 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:11 the zooming is hilarious.

  • @hotaru8309
    @hotaru8309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:18 This just reminds me of the "Urine Coloring" test.
    Guy in the middle is best.

  • @airfixer9461
    @airfixer9461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well done Michael, very interesting video and a nice to know when buying so called legit software on the net....I usually buy my stuff or in the store or directly from Ms as most of the time cheap prices on the net are fake products or keys. Thx for the research :-)

  • @TechnicalGeorgeYT
    @TechnicalGeorgeYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the end of a fascinating topic

  • @IDoABitOfTrollin
    @IDoABitOfTrollin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:16 made me want lunchables... Looks like 3 lunchable boxes

  • @Ni5ei
    @Ni5ei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The one with Office lower on the spine also clearly has the i of Office attached to the f

  • @kacpi4567
    @kacpi4567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    People who make those after seeing this video:
    "Write that down! Write that down!"

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They don't even need a video. Just one genuine copy to compare. lol They just do not care though if they're selling enough copies to make bank (which they probably are).

  • @blainepalmerza
    @blainepalmerza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video, Michael!

  • @DavidWonn
    @DavidWonn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. In my case, I acquired numerous unopened copies of old versions of Office from past jobs. I’ve never had any reason to run anything newer than Office 97 (which works fine with the 2007 compatibility pack if I ever need to access the newer file formats, which is very rare.) Most of the time, though, I’m perfectly content with (and prefer) good old version 4.3, which works even on Windows 3.1.

    • @Reziac
      @Reziac 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I too prefer the older editions, 4.3 for very old machines and OfficeXP for newer. (Mainly because some bugs went away by that point, especially in the Frontpage module)

    • @DavidWonn
      @DavidWonn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Reziac A big bonus in keeping my files in the old formats is that I’ll always be able to access them on newer versions if needed. Therefore, I try to stick with the oldest feasible version as often as possible for maximum compatibility, unless I need a specific feature from something newer (like merged cells in Excel 97, though I prefer to avoid that buggy feature whenever possible.)

    • @barrybritcher
      @barrybritcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      97 was great. With the toolbar as well hehe. To the day I still go: file, page setup when I want to change paper size even though that's no longer the correct method lol

    • @Reziac
      @Reziac 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DavidWonn Yeah, given a choice I save in older and universal formats, like RTF. Or old .DOC, which if corrupted can still be edited as plain text. DOCX (and its bastard cousin used by LibreOffice) is an invention of the devil... it's a ZIP file with a bunch of XML inside, and if the ZIP header gets corrupted, the text is not recoverable. I have a client who lost an entire finished novel that way (it looked good when it saved, but it wasn't, and the backup, being a copy of this one, was corrupt the same way). I'm pretty good at file recovery, and all I could extract from it was a background image.

    • @DavidWonn
      @DavidWonn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@barrybritcher Fortunately some of the old keyboard shortcuts work in more current versions (provided you memorized them in advance), though they often aren’t as easily discoverable anymore. I never adapted to the newer ribbon UI from 2007 onward, finding it quite cumbersome, so I often find myself being far more efficient on a 486 running the old UI.

  • @joshuaobelenusable
    @joshuaobelenusable 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching you shuffle these around and 3-card Montying yourself was fun.

  • @castlejeta9019
    @castlejeta9019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos and keep up the hard work.

  • @violetwtf
    @violetwtf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the new editing style, makes me laugh like craszy

  • @allesNorris
    @allesNorris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you for this nice video of bootlegs . Great work .

  • @alextirrellRI
    @alextirrellRI 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy the lengths the bootleggers will go. About a year ago I had bought a Shure SM58 microphone on eBay for a price that seemed too good to be true. It worked, maybe not quite as high quality as I'd expected -- so recently after a search on how to tell a fake I found out mine was indeed a fake -- a pretty good fake, but still a fake!

  • @boraxmacconachie7082
    @boraxmacconachie7082 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm super late to this party, but I've heard that sometimes companies that are contracted to manufacture genuine packaging/parts will make extras to use for knockoffs. Since the bootleg copy with the convincing plastic case was bought in a thrift store, it could have a been a few years old. I wonder if it was a bootleg produced off the same production line as the originals...

  • @0xEARTH
    @0xEARTH 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i just realized on the side where it mentions Server 2008, it's "WfndOWS" and not just "WindOWS"

  • @Theawesomesonic
    @Theawesomesonic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I Think Microsoft Saftware Need To Sue these people

  • @meligarcia
    @meligarcia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best kind of saftware

  • @lenni-builder
    @lenni-builder 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    one thing to the "saftware": _Saft_ is the german word for juice

  • @samjeffs2700
    @samjeffs2700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:40 and other places too, they are just rare. ex. There’s one at Stanford in the bay area

  • @blakegriplingph
    @blakegriplingph 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    _The Bootleg Office Cinematic Universe_

  • @michaelshultz9923
    @michaelshultz9923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just reinstalled Office XP (Photo Editor only) and Office 2003 on a new motherboard & hard drive, along with a new copy of Windows 7. I was able to do it online without calling Microsoft. The trick to activating Office (older versions, at least) is that Internet Explorer must be the default browser.

  • @Dimondminer11
    @Dimondminer11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine being someone who actually buys office.

  • @BilisNegra
    @BilisNegra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The wavy outer ring design makes it easier to spot a counterfeit copy, as you can easily peel it off. It would be harder if the printed layer covered the entire surface, even if it's fake. Did Microsoft actually come up with that idea and did it on purpose as an extra check that could be easily verified by users in pesky looking cases?

  • @pierrejeanf.dupuis4150
    @pierrejeanf.dupuis4150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    We sell these at our "lifecycle store" (kringloopwinkel) in the Netherlands for one Euro. When used. As-is. A sealed copy...

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:02 - That's not surprising, it's happened many times. Remember when Devil's Own leaked XP before it was even released and they blocked the key?

    • @wadmodderschalton5763
      @wadmodderschalton5763 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In fact the last Warez leak of Windows betas was around the year 2000 or 2001 depending on your source (5:24), which is why these betas previously but later lost haven't been found yet and are unlikely to resurface. (5:42)

  • @bokexd3173
    @bokexd3173 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is amazing channel,i enjoy watching most of your videos

  • @bokexd3173
    @bokexd3173 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    my dad has pirated ms office 2007 and everything still works,and i still use that burned disc to this day,no need for newer office copy

  • @WinXP_SP1
    @WinXP_SP1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As long as I was able to write in word and make powerpoints for middle or highschool either option would work for me :v)

  • @apsims12
    @apsims12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Next bootleg dive- Windows 10 OEM keys. My dad almost fell victim to 2 bootleg Win10 keys when he was building a computer from scratch. When he got me to look at it, I noticed the odd behaviour the system was showing (not installing drivers correctly, programs being extremely flakey and glitchy) that I said that the install drive and key seemed to be bootleg (although the Win10 key activated (another mass activation key?)), so he managed to get his money back from Amazon, where he bought the keys and bought a new key from a trusted retailer, OverClockersUK and it just worked, all drivers and programs installing and running correctly first time.

    • @fifaworldcup1994
      @fifaworldcup1994 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't get why a bootleg product key would do that, but nice ending

  • @brianbuddy2ACP
    @brianbuddy2ACP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:46 You know how he mentioned that Microsoft doesn't allow employees to resell stuff bought at the company store? Well, that's actually illegal (allegedly) in the EU. IDK for sure, but from what I've read, there's a law in the EU that could be thought of as "Right to resell", that prohibits companies from banning resale of anything, no matter what. So, had that been in the EU, they would be required by EU law to allow its resale. Again, I can't confirm this with 100% certainty. If someone from Europe sees this and wants to fact check me, go ahead.

  • @MechaDragonX
    @MechaDragonX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Company stores aren't at all campuses. In the Seattle area, the only one is at the Redmond campus. I don't know about other places.

  • @christopherrobinson387
    @christopherrobinson387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Use the key with the activation extension 100 more times and see if it still works :)

  • @goulashball_mapping
    @goulashball_mapping 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Micheal: It looks-
    MrBeast (AD): I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU!

  • @PainweedingPills
    @PainweedingPills 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Horray! Another Saftware video! Looking forward for that Windows Server 2003 video!

    • @MickeyMousePark
      @MickeyMousePark 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you mean Windows Serv r 2003 video!

  • @ivancomp_inside
    @ivancomp_inside 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favourite Office version is Office 2010, i had it pre-installed on my laptop (Windows 7 home basic)

  • @kingfisher1967
    @kingfisher1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was expecting him to say ‘find the lady’ at one point… I was starting to get confused what was which by the end

  • @EntetaxTelefonyiKomputety
    @EntetaxTelefonyiKomputety 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    20:49 in the original, it cannot be peeled off because it is bonded to the carrier

  • @MonochromeWench
    @MonochromeWench 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you have to use phone activation on that product key for the ms employee to override the activation limit the employee should tell the caller they are activating non genuine software

  • @Madness832
    @Madness832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So, were you able to activate the genuine copy?

  • @NikitaKaramov
    @NikitaKaramov 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    15:10 Windows 7 disks had the same inner shell, and I guess it's easy to get one's hands on an old Windows 7 box.

  • @pineappleroad
    @pineappleroad 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a copy of Office Home and Student 2010, which curiously enough includes the Hindi language pack (on a separate disc, the main installation disc has the English version on it)
    My copy doesn’t have a barcode on the box either (but it did have a software authenticity sticker on the top)

  • @kbhasi
    @kbhasi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    (3:30) Microsoft Tag, which I believe was Microsoft's failed competitor to QR codes.
    I dug out my real copy of Office H&S 2010 (albeit a "Made in Singapore" copy as it was purchased in Singapore), and there's no barcode there.

  • @jurassisart
    @jurassisart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Plot twist: There never WAS a genuine copy of Office Professional 2010

    • @ayanbadinoldchannel
      @ayanbadinoldchannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Office Professional 2010 is not even made by Microsoft, its made by other people trying to scam people to make people think that it's an actual Microsoft product

  • @Arik_Cool
    @Arik_Cool 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Meanwhile I’m chilling with a real copy of Office 2010 Home.

  • @ThailandLover8
    @ThailandLover8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Imagine how to feels to get pinned by someone who has like 5 copies of MS Office

  • @feni_1553
    @feni_1553 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:30 BRO THATS THE HIGH CAPACITY COLOR BARCODE

  • @OneAndOnlyZekePolaris
    @OneAndOnlyZekePolaris 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    PID Blocked, I KNEW IT!

  • @Sophron.
    @Sophron. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just checked my retail key Office 2016 on PID and it said that the license is ltPERP. Funny that its Home&Student key

  • @luogl
    @luogl ปีที่แล้ว

    On your logic if they recyle the geniue plastic box why not recycle the paper cover as well? That would save a lof of trouble of making fake cover image. The bootleg plastic case is made in manufacture in China with standard material or easily to be duplicated I suppose, it's not rocket science to mold a plastic.

  • @mistermartin82
    @mistermartin82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm surprised Microsoft didn't just give away office to their employees

  • @JasontheFolf
    @JasontheFolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was watching a old research info video in my English class and all of the computers I saw were the $5 Windows 98 pc.