Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs - Club CDFreaks

**platinumsword** · 04-10-2006

Another anal move by Mircosoft.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6122462.html

*petera* · 04-10-2006

Here's a prediction for you.
Future Znet article about a week after Vista is released: "Hackers crack Vista activation"

I forget, how long did it take for the activation to be cracked in XP? Oh yeah, before it was officially released!

**platinumsword** · 05-10-2006

We know that someone will crack it, just pointing out the direction mircosoft heading in. It's bad news for a new user so overloaded with DRM that there is going to be lots of conflicts.

deanimator · 05-10-2006

As someone here wisely pointed out...now that XP more or less works, stick with it...maybe change to Vista in a couple of years. Ja?

*petera* · 05-10-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by deanimator

As someone here wisely pointed out...now that XP more or less works, stick with it...maybe change to Vista in a couple of years. Ja?

I'm currently running the beta (quad booting the machine atm) and although it works fine with my hardware, i still have to find a killer tool or piece of software that would make me switch.

*NBK* · 05-10-2006

HI

I wonder how this will impact Microsoft's MSDN Academic Alliance?

NBK

04-10-2006	#1 (permalink)
platinumsword Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,994	Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Another anal move by Mircosoft. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6122462.html

04-10-2006	#2 (permalink)
petera CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 734	Re: Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs Here's a prediction for you. Future Znet article about a week after Vista is released: "Hackers crack Vista activation" I forget, how long did it take for the activation to be cracked in XP? Oh yeah, before it was officially released!

05-10-2006	#3 (permalink)
platinumsword Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,994	Re: Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs We know that someone will crack it, just pointing out the direction mircosoft heading in. It's bad news for a new user so overloaded with DRM that there is going to be lots of conflicts.

05-10-2006	#4 (permalink)
deanimator CD Freak Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wondering if Charlize Theron is my Cindy dressed down a bit Posts: 2,275	Re: Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs As someone here wisely pointed out...now that XP more or less works, stick with it...maybe change to Vista in a couple of years. Ja? __________________ Click here to get to Mordor! I has computer and stuff Get AnyDVD CloneDVD2 CloneCD here

05-10-2006	#6 (permalink)
NBK CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: North Carolina USA Posts: 709	Re: Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs HI I wonder how this will impact Microsoft's MSDN Academic Alliance? NBK

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