Friday, March 16th 2007
Running Windows Vista Without Activation for a Year
Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end run around one of Microsoft Corp.'s key antipiracy measures, Windows expert Brian Livingston said today. Livingston, who publishes the Windows Secrets newsletter, said that a single change to Vista's registry lets users put off the operating system's product activation requirement an additional eight times beyond the three disclosed last month. With more research, said Livingston, it may even be possible to find a way to postpone activation indefinitely. Microsoft promptly labeled the registry change a "hack," a loaded word that is usually synonymous with "illegal." Click here to read the full story.
Source:
Computerworld
12 Comments on Running Windows Vista Without Activation for a Year
There are already many ways of doing this...timerstop cracks etc...
Or if you really want to, you could activate it :p
Kick in the nuts for M$ :nutkick:
dont get me wrong,i'm no microsoft acolyte or anything,but i just think theres a few double standards around here regarding microsoft.
i have never really had a problem with any m$ os.not xp or vista or 98 years ago.and i generally buy it and not pirate it.as that makes me a hypocrit which i'm not.
and as to his fortunes,he has his fingers in a lot of pies and is a big buisnessman.can you imagine how hard it must be to run a company as big as that?
well thats my tuppence worth over.
BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE M$ ANYMORE.