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Vista Can Run Without Activation for a Year
An anonymous reader gave us a heads up on this article for people who like putting things off. It begins: "Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end-run around one of Microsoft's key anti-piracy 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."
---I have no problem whatsoever with activation. If people do not want to pay MS prices then there are alternative OSes they can use. There is nothing at all wrong with a company trying to ensure that people actually *pay* for its products.
Registering a product (serial number or likewise) is one thing. Things can be made inconvienant for the casual copier. No technology will deter the big guys, not now, not ever. So, any sort of burden you set up will be absorbed by the honest guy. At worst, you'll alert the honest guy on how to use your programs the way the big pirates do.
---This is the first time I've heard of Windows Activation being referred to as DRM. I think your knee just jerked, or perhaps you thought blasting DRM would garner you positive moderation.
Erm, it IS DRM. Or have you been living in a cave when MS brags how they can completely revoke drivers for the 64 bit vista, or how they can deny activation by their many means.
When a computer gets "revoked" after I PAID my cold hard cash with, I WILL still have it work by hook or by crook. If you call or treat me like a thief, I will become one.
---What you *should* get is -1 (Offtopic)
But you should get a -1 (Retarded, didnt think it through).
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