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Windows Vista Keygen a Hoax

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the too-good-to-be-true dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The author of the Windows Vista keygen that was reported yesterday has admitted that the program does not actually work. Here is the initial announcement of the original release of the keygen, and here is the followup post in which the same author acknowledges that the program is fake. Apparently, the keygen program does legitimately attack Windows Vista keys via brute force, but the chances of success are too low for this to be a practical method. Quote from the author: 'Everyone who said they got a key is probably lying or mistaken!'"

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  1. People lie on the internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quote from the author: 'Everyone who said they got a key is probably lying or mistaken!'"

    Oh sure. Next I suppose you're going to tell me that the guy who claims he ordered (and received) a 37" LCD TV for $7.99 due to a price mistake is lying, too. Or the kid who swore he put a Beta tape in a VHS deck and it played...Don't you have any faith in people anymore?

    1. Re:People lie on the internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      My favorite was always the "If you heat up a needle and put it through this particular spot on your Tomb Raider CD, Lara Croft will be naked!" How many did that one disappoint, I wonder?

      =)

    2. Re:People lie on the internet? by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 3, Funny

      How many did that one disappoint, I wonder?
      I wasn't disappointed until I read that!
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      You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
    3. Re:People lie on the internet? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

      My favorite was always the "If you heat up a needle and put it through this particular spot on your Tomb Raider CD, Lara Croft will be naked!" How many did that one disappoint, I wonder?

      But that one really worked. I did it myself. I swear!

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      This guy's the limit!
    4. Re:People lie on the internet? by shawn(at)fsu · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't know about that, but I do know that if I post this message 10 times I will get a free thingamajiggy in the mail. It works, my friend said so.

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      500 dollar reward for tip(s) leading to the arrest of the person(s) who stole my sig.
    5. Re:People lie on the internet? by antibryce · · Score: 2, Funny

      How many did that one disappoint, I wonder?

      I know of at least one... :(

  2. /.'d by oDDmON+oUT · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh well, didn't really want to read a retraction anyway.

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    Some days it's just not worth
    chewing through my restraints.
  3. Re:Key gen or not.. by johnlcallaway · · Score: 3, Funny

    You, kind sir, may be expecting SP1 to actually fix the first round of bugs.

    I, on the other hand, do not.

    (Or I fucked up the post ... both are equally valid options)

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    I rarely read replies, it's my opinion and if you thought about your opinion a little more, I'm OK with that.
  4. Huh? by encoderer · · Score: 2, Funny

    The atomic number of zinc is 30?

  5. A Winner Is You! by vain+gloria · · Score: 2, Funny

    The brute force approach is fundamentally impossible, unless you are the luckiest person in the world.
    Define "lucky". You've beaten amazing odds in a manner unrepeatable even given a million lifetimes and what do you get for it? A copy of Windows Vista.

    Probably not even one of the Turbo Hyper Fighting versions either.