Pirated Vista may be useless, Microsoft says
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMicrosoft said supposedly pirated copies of its new Vista computer operating system "will be of limited value" to those who use them.
Microsoft responded Tuesday to reports that some Web sites have been circulating pirated copies of Vista and the Office 2007 applications suite.
The pirated Vista comes with a product key that users can enter to activate a version of the products on their computers without paying for them, according to a report on the Web site of The Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald newspaper. A product key is a unique serial number tied to each package of a software product.
A second download, called an "activation crack," can then be applied that bypasses the activation process intended to guarantee that the Vista OS being downloaded is legitimate, the Herald reported. Pirated copies of Office 2007 can be downloaded just with the product key with no second activation code required.
But Microsoft said in a prepared statement that those pirated copies of the OS won't work for long.
"The copies available for download are not final code and users should avoid unauthorized copies which could be incomplete or tampered. This unauthorized download relies on the use of pre-RTM [release-to-manufacture] activation keys that will be blocked using Microsoft’s Software Protection Platform. Consequently, these downloads will be of limited value," the statement said.
Microsoft is still looking into reports of pirated versions of Office 2007 and declined further comment.
"Microsoft is happy that customers are eager to begin using Windows Vista," the company said.
Microsoft has been criticized for multiple delays in bringing Vista to market, but has said it wants to take care that the product is designed correctly to avoid security flaws, piracy problems and other software glitches.
The company released Vista to computer manufacturers Nov. 8 for them to build into new laptops and desktops available for retail sale in January 2007. Consumers can start buying individual copies of Vista on Jan. 30.
Microsoft also plans to have Vista in the hands of business customers by the end of November. It has scheduled a Vista launch event in New York City on Nov. 30 at which the new Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 will also be introduced.
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Comments(23)
lol microsoft hahahahaha, ok if microsoft was so smart they would have had way to stop it being pirated the
first day it came out.
this news is useless...
^_^
so does this mean the vista i downloaded is useless?
christ on a crutch! i guess this means i better go format the hd i've installed and and been using it on!
foad microsoft!
don't believe everything you hear. first, it's only a matter of time ahead when xp becomes a "windows live
usb" which you can just plug into any usb port soon. secondly, the bill gates vista works just fine, apply
the msdn patch, and yor good for 30 days, which leaves only the activation method to be cracked. does anyone
think this cannot be resolved?
remember xp in russia? they produced the first keygen, that
resolved this... in 2001.
now in china, they already have some of the vista source code, so it's
only a matter of reverse engineering. let's be honest, it's it time there was a method for everyone to add
value and content to their computers, that is to help each other rather than continuing to pay gates his
multiple of billions of dollars?
why should the world need to afford gate some 50 billion per a
year income? even your us american president doesn't earn this much money, and yet he fights the war on
terrorism...
sorry, but nobody needs an 50 billon dollar plus income. this is exploitation of the
society and people to be held in by a monopoly, which locks in end users.
think of all the
contributions of developing society if everyone is allowed to contribute, rather than to be all told, the
source code is owned only by microsoft.
did you read their eula? then you already know, you don't
have any rights, but to pay microsoft corporation for their software licensing system.
wake up
"windows users" boycott microsoft and develop linux, so your not forced to submit your rights away for
their so called lacking security.
yes, i am tired of having to hear how great windows is, when in
fact it sucks, as first their software isn't secure, and secondly it's not built for society but for making
profit of the society.
money shouldn't be the most important subject, as our life and the
environment are truly more important. once everyone allows cooperation and cooperations to lay in bed with
each other, their bottom line is nothing more than their greed for making profits for the share holders of
stock.
if the air you breathe is polluted due to greed, do you care? would your children care?
all this ipr is crap, it's nothing more than capitalism!!!
if capitalism so good, then
why is the us so much in debt? why is it so many americans are in debt? and why is it in that america is
falling apart, as the political government is controlled by the cooperations, which favor only caring about
making more money as who's cost and expense?
in the end everyone will ask, how did all this
happen... because everyone bought and paid for capitalism, instead of supporting the people, benefiting the
society instead.
sure they will tell you, it has nothing to do with anything, just keep paying
them, and always agree with their ideology even when like the frog in a pot of water is boiling you continue
to sit there...
al gore is right, there is a global warming, but these corportations only listen
to consumers buying their crap. time to change, time to boycott corporations until they submit to our truly
sustainable values, including morals!
god is great...
wow, man!!!! u rock!!! absolutely agree with you!! ;-)
i dont agree with william!
the programers worked hard in vista, and they deserve to be paid!
no one needs to go on windows plataforms, it´s a free world!
but one thing u can be sure,
thousands of users love windows, myself included, and we will be excited about every new so created by bill
and his friends. he is rich, but he deserves that! we live in a free world, have a great idea, sell it, and
make fortune! every one can do that.
as for me, i live in a poor country(brazil) and i dont have
much money...for me vista is expensive, so i ´ve downloaded it... but if my salaries were in dollar($), not in
"reais"(my country poor money), i would be glad to buy a copy of vista. we must not forget that the
programers worked hard in this one guys...imagine a world just with linux!!! that great shit it would be...
why is ok for you to download it cos you say your *poor*...well i say i'm poor so does that give me to right
to download it??
and you saying the vista programmers worked hard and deserve to be paid.... yet
its ok for you to download it
dude, shove it. windows sux. linux does infact rock. the only problem with the entire world, is that they are
caught up in tunnel vision with anything from this shitty company called microsoft ,they make all their
software only run on windows, and that is the only reason linux isn't winning the war.
windows
sucks.
just get the shit aand keep it ot your self;)
stop writing your vulgar opinions peasants, nobody cares
ultimately, you must realize one thing - u r all homos
jkljkl
anyone who writes that it's ok to steal needs his head kicking!!. the only problem with vista is microsofts
pricing policy which namely fucks sooo many people off!!. when you think that you can buy xp through goverment
schemes for £17 and office pro for £19 then the word rip off really comes to mind for the average guy.
companies should pay a premium as they extensively use apps/os's to the max....just my 10p worth!!
enjoy!!
why pay when u can get it for no money??? idiots pays bill gates money...... assholes
microsoft is wrong, i am using pirated vista. i just got the msdn iso, replaced some files from rc2 and used
my valid rc1 key and it activates and passes all checks fine. there is a 7 month timebomb (as rc1 expires in
june 07) but there will be a crack by then.
i'm buying vista though january, just have to see how
much better it is than xp.
your not paying bill gates money, your paying microsoft to continue
making their great products.
to all you cheep motherfuckers. microsoft has spent over 5 years developing vista. you best buy it when it
first comes out in january. im gonna buy the ultimate edition!!
microcrap has been stealing my money since winblowz 98. they owe me at least 5 copies of winsux vista! !
five copies!
ultimately, you must realize one thing - u r all homos
that is the most pointless thing u could
say!!
well guess what!? who gives a fuck
you always take what's "free" no matter if you are fucking poor or
fucking rich!
if you use pirate warez then fine if you
go legit it's fine , then again who gives a
fuck!
btw. fuck bill gates and nice done bill gates! ..once again! who gives a fuck!
to all those people who don't pirate software, why are you here posting your useless opinion? if we don't
pirate software there wouldn't be new versions.
bill stop creating your bulky fucking operating system. we don't want 1.1 gigabytes for your stupid system!.
fight the power! small operating system isos! delete un-nescessary windows install components!
no extra windows services micro$haft. no extra win services.
we want an operating system
not a bloat system!
no bloat! no bloat! no bloat!
my windows xp install was 1.1
gigabytes is windows vista going to be 4 gigabytes and be filled with useless services that i don't want.
see examples: (shock! shock!)
shane brooks believes that windows 98 has many advantages
to its predecessor, windows 95, in many ways besides just in its appearance. however, he does not believe that
there is justification for requiring internet explorer to be installed at all times. he discovered a way of
removing ie manually and presented it to the united states department of justice as evidence that microsoft
was monopolizing the browser market.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98lite
have you ever wanted
to remove windows components like media player, internet explorer, outlook express, msn explorer, messenger...
how about not even to install them with windows ?
nlite is a tool for permanent windows
components removal and pre-installation windows setup. after removal there is an option to make bootable image
ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. with nlite you will be able to have windows
installation which on install doesn't include, or even contain on cd, unwanted components.
http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
although i may be microsoft's bitch i definately agree its time we gave users better experience just like the
linux install system that asks user's which parts to install.
i also think it would be advisable
if we gave users the entire windows system and let them decide for themselves. what they want to have on their
computer. i feel that 'empowering' users to make their own decisions is the right thing to do.
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By Fyke on 15.11.2006 - 22:11