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A genuine crack for Windows Vista has just been released by pirate group Pantheon, which allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational.



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Article Source: APCMAG

Hi All,

I guess that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. I wonder what if any impact it'll have on the consumer market. In addition what do you think Microsoft's response will be?

wonder how long it will take MS to find the hole the took advantage of and fill it.

also I don't think there will be a mass move to do an upgrade either, I dont think most folks wallets can handle the hardware upgrade, but most hardware nuts either all ready have it or waiting for something to come out to make it worth the jump.

bubba wrote:wonder how long it will take MS to find the hole the took advantage of and fill it.

also I don't think there will be a mass move to do an upgrade either, I dont think most folks wallets can handle the hardware upgrade, but most hardware nuts either all ready have it or waiting for something to come out to make it worth the jump.

If I'm not mistaken, it works by using an OEM copy of Vista. The OEM copies that are given to vendors to package with their PC's. Those copies do not need to be activated because it is "an inconvenience" to the consumer... I can say that I OWN a copy of Windows XP Professional that does NOT need to be activated also... which is odd.

It was only a matter of time before it was cracked. Unfortunately for M$, it was a very short period. Now with HD-DVD/Blu-Ray encryption, those guys got more for their money as it took a bit longer to crack!

NAiLs wrote:It was only a matter of time before it was cracked.

and cracked wide open it is... The first of many I am sure... I wonder what Microsoft will do now that this is in the open. I'm guessing the first patch will block the product keys that are being used by this hack as wouldn't every OEM system sold still have unique product keys?

ASUS (default) ... I knew there was a reason I chose this brand!

I imagine they will block this quick.

I do however have 1 good use for something like this. Intel is shipping tose Ultimate Vista dvds to the retail advantage people sometim within the next 50 years, and you can only install either the 32 or the 64 bit OS. Once you install one, you can NOT install the other at a later date! now to me that is just assanine ( spelling looks way off on that one ) as I want to test out the 64 bit version for a while, but then would probably go back to 32 bit until they get more programs to work with 64 bit.

Mike

BTW - hasnt 64 bit processing been out a while now? So why so many programs that dont use it? or crash when using it? hmmm

KnightRid wrote:now to me that is just assanine ( spelling looks way off on that one )

asinine LOL gotta love the auto spell checker in FF 2.0

This has now come out as a hoax.

one of the comments the original article to a similar post to yours was this:

You're confusing this with the Brute Force Keygen, which "Computer User" has now admitted was a hoax. This is a different crack.

That what you were thinking of?

Dan

FZ1 wrote:This has now come out as a hoax.

what is a hoax? This OEM crack? This crack is real as can be...

The brute force crack was said to be a hoax or would take months.

Sorry, the brute force crack...

moon111 wrote:ASUS (default) ... I knew there was a reason I chose this brand!

I'm sure its because its the most popular brand... ;)

I guess I don't know much about Vista, but what the h3ll is with the bios emulation? Is that some new "feature?"

Sweet! Too bad I dont like Vista, but it's still nice to know about, microsoft makes you feel like a crook, all their security, put THE MASSES through all these hoops, for the FEW who pirate.