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Pirates Find Proper Way to Crack Vista's Activation Schema

Posted by Zonk on from the little-ants-can-fell-big-trees dept.

El_Oscuro writes "A genuine crack for Windows Vista has been released by pirate group Pantheon. The exploit allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational. 'It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of Vista that doesn't require product activation — apparently because end users would find it too inconvenient.'"

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  1. Re:Old News Crack by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, pirates have created a crack to prevent news from 4th March 2007 appearing a year later on /. So the $64K question is -- why in the bloody hell haven't that implemented it then?

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  2. Is it worth cracking Vista? by jkrise · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember a CNN news snippet on YouTube... it's just not worth pirating Vista, unless one is a hardcore masochist, of course.

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    1. Re:Is it worth cracking Vista? by pallmall1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Who cares about a crack, I wouldn't run Vista if microsoft gave it away free...
      Yeah, it's the old joke about game show prizes. Grand prize, one free copy of Vista. Second place prize, two free copies of Vista.
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  3. Fixed summary by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of XP that doesn't require product activation -- apparently because end users would find using Vista too inconvenient.

  4. "Dear pirates" by joaommp · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Please do not crack software and publish the crack on the net. It hurts my employer's feelings.

    Thank you."

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  5. Re:Old News Crack by piemcfly · · Score: 4, Funny

    the drivers weren't up to date?

  6. ... And? by PC+and+Sony+Fanboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, calm down!
    I'm an equal opportunity f*tard ... I didn't pay for my copy of windows either ;)

  7. In other related news... by xtracto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Another group has published an undocumented way to bypass the adult verification in the new Leisure Suit Larry game by pressing ALT+X.

    How do these guys learn this stuff??

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  8. So Vista's now available free? by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just need to wait a few more months and hopefully Microsoft will start paying people to use it.

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  9. Re:Old News Crack by cp.tar · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the $64K question is -- why in the bloody hell haven't that implemented it then?

    Wasn't it 640K?
    Oh, wait...

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  10. 2007... by Gription · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right on the front page of the article it clearly says "4th March 2007".

    Most likely their "slashdot" button has received some current activity as someone has finally gotten around to trying Vista...