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About LinkBackshttp://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7999Last week's reports of a working hack for Vista product activation turned out to be naff. Microsoft shouldn't breathe a sigh of relief though. Somebody else has done it.
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7999Last week's reports of a working hack for Vista product activation turned out to be naff. Microsoft shouldn't breathe a sigh of relief though. Somebody else has done it.
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But a few of my friends are using time stopped vistas? Does that not count, it works apparently?
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I was reading somewhere about a hack that actually keeps hitting the server with random keys until it manages to activate. If this is true it could cause major probs to people that buy Vista and the key has already been used.
I am yet to get my Vista Ultimate 64 bit online but it is legally activated by Microsoft via the phone support. It will be extremely annoying once I get it online to find out if someone has snaffled my key that is legit.
Hopefully Microsoft will somehow stop this pretty quickly and protect the rest of us legitamate users.
Just hope that Thompson / Alcatel will release the driver for the USB Speedtouch 330 sooner rather than later this month. I have tried the quickfix on the Vista 64 forums but I'm not even sure whether my ISP support Vista as of yet. I manage to get the modem in sync but it won't connect as under Broadband it keeps tring to connect as pppoe instead of pppoa and the Dial Up it will not logon with my username and password.
Either way this could be pretty bad for Microsoft unless they stamp it out pronto.
That's the naff method mentioned in the article.Originally Posted by Ferral
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One chap from ZDnet claims he managed to get 2 keys from this method. Its a strange one, as you'd think that microsoft hadn't actually released enough keys to make brute force generating actually feasable.
great. just what the world needs. people using pirated microsoft software instead of looking at cheaper alternatives ¬_¬
opium of the massesi suppose people are just ignorant, not bothering to research other alternatives, as they're too lazy
Some students at the Uni have a copy that works great. they got a crack off of the net that works fine.
For how long though Koolpc?
Seriously - if you want to use it buy it. If people continue to pirate it the price is only ever going one way...
I don't know. I don't know the students that well. Just heard about it.
Sad state of the world
It'd probably be less of a problem if only hardened criminals bothered to pirate software, but when it's considered something that's 'acceptable' or even justified in some cases, it's always going to illicit a response from the developers (as opposed to the police) which affects legitimate users.
That's the thing I guess. Many of the unexperienced PC users wouldn't even think about the fact that it's illegal I bet. If someone said "i can get you a copy of vista for free" I'm sure they wouldn't think twice because they don't see anything wrong with it.Sad state of the world
It'd probably be less of a problem if only hardened criminals bothered to pirate software, but when it's considered something that's 'acceptable' or even justified in some cases, it's always going to illicit a response from the developers (as opposed to the police) which affects legitimate users.
Plus lots of people think "I'm only one person, they'll make loads more from all the people who buy it"
Very true. Also, lots of people are loathed to spend that much on a bit of software even though it will last them a few years.That's the thing I guess. Many of the unexperienced PC users wouldn't even think about the fact that it's illegal I bet. If someone said "i can get you a copy of vista for free" I'm sure they wouldn't think twice because they don't see anything wrong with it.
Plus lots of people think "I'm only one person, they'll make loads more from all the people who buy it"
Meh windows activation is just another method of copy protection. As such, workarounds already exist, and they will continue to exist. A full crack will also eventually appear - I am 100% confident in this.
There are already numerous workarounds out there, ranging from replacing some of the activation dlls with beta ones which will allow valid beta keys to activate windows (albeit only until june 07), to Volume Licence activation server emulators which allow you to activate VLK editions (stupid, stupid mistake by microsoft imho, giving companies their own activation server). A keygen similar to 'the blue list' for XP is surely not far off (not the 'naff' workaround talked about above) and a full crack will be available at some point im sure.
Software will always be cracked, imho companies should spend less money on anti piracy measures and use the released capital to either reduce prices or increase funding for dev teams..
Agreed. I would prefer that people used other free alternatives out there rather than pirate Windows. It will only make both the free alternatives adn windows better. It might even get rid of that DRM **** they force down our throats.
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I hope the Speedtouch 330 is okay with Vista32 as that's the one I'll be getting later this month.
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