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- z00k, on 10/12/2007, -12/+122*cough*
http://www.torrentportal.com/details/822113/.html
http://bushtorrent.com/torrent.php?id=681560
http://www.snarf-it.org/viewTorrent/771869-Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server-MelindaGates.html
http://www.mininova.org/tor/506512
http://fenopy.com/torrent/Microsoft_Windows_Vista_Local_Activation_Server_MelindaGates_/NDA0Mjgw/index.html
*cough*
I really need to get this damn cough checked out =p - Karyyk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+68Yeah...did anyone believe Microsoft when it said that Vista would be crack or pirate-proof? I didn't either...
- physep, on 10/12/2007, -9/+75Vista, your in for a ride, 'anything you can do, we (collective) can do better'
- piesforyou, on 10/12/2007, -4/+40Oh I've penetrated a few £1000 women.
- leoedin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37give me one moment to finish smoking my terrorist-funding weed while browsing on a pirated version of windows...
- freff, on 10/12/2007, -6/+38...and it's begun.
- Sedako, on 10/12/2007, -7/+38@RichesToRags
http://www.getfirefox.com - mudfly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32@RichesToRags
http://www.apache.org/ - NoNameHere, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32Nothing is impenetrable. Nothing.
- johnstar, on 10/12/2007, -9/+34Hack the planet!
- Buelldozer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25"The hacker's release is a VMware image of a permanently activated KMS (Key Management Service) server which allows local activation of Windows Vista Business/Enterprise Edition."
Easy enough. MS will simply release an update that instructs Vista clients to look for, and then ignore, key activations coming from that particular KMS.
It also means that this isn't a true hack or crack. All they've done is imaged a functional KMS and are distributing a copy of that image that will run in VMWare.
:::bonk::: - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23Windows will never fully go away then if people are cracking it to use it...
- ryodoan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24I found it interesting and informative to read the comment with all the quotes. It presented the information from a different angle which I had not considered.
- arunforce, on 10/12/2007, -8/+27A 1,000 pound woman is. o_O
- loof, on 10/12/2007, -32/+51Why do people insist on leaving comment comments like this? It's annoying
- n00bst3r, on 10/12/2007, -11/+28Am I the only person on digg that is going to be stupid enough to actually pay $230 for Vista Home Premium?
Ill tentatively say yes. - BluKnight, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20It'd be even funnier of the Activation Server was a spoofing program running on a Linux VM image.
- TheG2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Honestly, Linux doesn't have the ease of use that Windows provides. Thats where all the arguements fail. You can scream about Ubunutu all you want, but even thats not gonna negate the ease of use arguement. Some people like Windows because it just works, and for most people, it works really well. So go hold your little zealot war elsewhere because we're sick of hearing about it.
- weprin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17"Press reports stating so are written by people who don't know what they're talking about."
lol - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12This line
cscript c:windowssystem32slmgr.vbs -skms vm_vista_ip -----Tells your client where to look for the activation server, from now on.
This line
cscript c:windowssystem32slmgr.vbs -ato ------ Tells your client to activate, at IP address (or FQDN) given from the first line.
Even if your copy becomes locked (at present code build) you can reissue these VB scripts, to reactivate at a different IP/FQDN. It's going to be hard to stop, I'm not saying that MS can't stop it, they know they can't forever, but it will be hard to stop none-the-less. - thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Well for $50 more, you could get the Vista Small Business Light that has neat little cursor images!
- Scheissenegger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14So how do you convert your Ultimate install to a Bussiness install without having to reinstall everything?
- Scruffydan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10YA it seems like it would be easy for MS to implement such a fix.
for XP they disabled a lot of pirated keys each time a service pack was released.
maybe I am missing something? - Tirial, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Spandex, it's a privilege, not a right.
- Wyzard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9No Internet access is needed for the activation, but you'll (presumably) still be downloading security patches and service packs from Microsoft. So Microsoft puts an activation update into one of those, which blacklists this particular KMS, using whatever unique ID it would normally be doing its 180-day self-reactivations with.
- teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9FTA...
"This only shows that while Microsoft tries to block illegal users from using its operating systems, they will not be able to prevail for long."
This isnt really that big a deal for MS. The whole point of their protection is to keep the average joe user from pirating whether he downloaded it or bought it on some street corner not knowing it was pirated. Sure alot of US could get past activation but MS knows that and have always known that. They know there is no way to lock us out until hardware is protected along with software.
99% of people who pirate software will have no idea this hack exists and even if they do chances are they wont be able to use it. I know plenty of "pirates" who have an incredibly hard time using winrar...and dont ever even think of telling them to mount an image because their heads will explode.
I dont get why people always make a big deal out of things like this... - pabster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Perhaps we should frame the debate by stating that rootkits began on Unix.
Read that a few times and ponder. - RandomSkratch, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11someone set us up the bomb
- klawz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10@ lesty
This is a "feature" of social news sites. - PrometheuZ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Can you say 'I'm a fooking idiot!'? How many times do we have to reply with the fact that not everyone saw the original post 4 days ago? Good for you that you saw it at the time...some of us haven't and don't have the time to search for it after it's gone from the front page.
- misterjangles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6If you're an MSDN professional subscriber you get, in addition to all the dev tools, 3 legit OS activation keys that are each good for 10 installs. Technically you're not supposed to use them for 30 installs, but it does work.
You get your pick of OSs - so you can choose the ultimate edition if you want. Also, I'm not sure but they seem to provide a generic key for business edition that's above and beyond your normal 3 keys. (I have Windows XP, XP Media Center Edition, and now Vista Ultimate)
It is expensive but if you have several computers and you want them all to be legit Windows licenses, this is way cheaper than buying individual licenses. - misterjangles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7My personal opinion is that Windows can be a very secure system in the right hands. But, the mass market that Windows caters to includes a lot of users that don't understand (or even want to understand) basic security precautions.
If these types of users start moving from Windows to Linux then there will be a lot of the same problems with security. If you put anything complex into the hands of someone who doesn't bother to maintain it - you're gonna have issues. - andydumi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I think small business is more suited to my needs.
But I think buying OEM Xp and upgrade to Vista may actually be a cheaper route. - fatdog789, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Given the demand for it, yes.
After all, if it wasn't worth it, all the Linux fanboys wouldn't spend so much of their time trying to find cracked copies. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Good idea, but be sure your music doesn't have DRM, if it does, strip the DRM first, before moving it. Unless of course you have the very rare DRM that works with Linux.
- dickeytk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5NFO in torrent:
unlike windows xp and volume activation 1.0 windows vista doesnt have any corporate
keys which will permanently activate it. volume activation 2.0 requires a corporate
user to either do a one time activation through microsoft servers (mak) or companies
can host a local activation server which does not talk to microsoft (kms). the only
difference is kms requires re-activation once every 180 days. however as long as
theres a local kms server its simple to keep windows activated. this release is a
vmware image of a permanently activated kms server which allows local activation of
windows vista business/enterprise edition. volume activation 2.0 is only built into
those two editions.
using the latest vmware workstation, boot the image. disable vmware firewall.
on the non vm vista right click the command prompt icon and run as admin. type ...
cscript c:windowssystem32slmgr.vbs -skms vm_vista_ip
cscript c:windowssystem32slmgr.vbs -ato
windows should now be activated.
to check activation status type ...
cscript c:windowssystem32slmgr.vbs -dlv
tested using echos windows vista enterprise and vmware workstation 5.5.3 but seems to
have issues with the billgates windows vista business. - schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -50/+55Serves Microsoft well.
Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| Now comes the really interesting question. With Vista's activation
| technology, Microsoft has the power to stamp out piracy everywhere. But
| will it choose to do so everywhere? After all, if folks in China or
| Thailand or Ethiopia have to pay for Vista, they won't be able to run
| it because they won't be able to afford the licence fee. In which case
| they may finally wake up to the attractions of free software such as
| Linux - and it's easy to imagine what that will do to Microsoft's
| plans for world domination.
|
| It's a delicious prospect: Microsoft impaling itself on the horns
| of a dilemma it has created for itself. Roll on Thursday.
`----
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1956941,00.html
Why piracy kills Open Source
,----[ Quote ]
| Because for them, the price is the same.
|
| So, please, Microsoft, defend your own products, and don't allow users to
| use pirated versions. You'll be doing the best for the Open Source
| products.
`----
http://youmaybeinterrupting.com/desktop.php?view&postid=12&a=apps%2FBlog%3B%3B
How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows
,----[ Article's summary ]
| Bill Gates may not be entirely dismayed by software thieves. They
| seed the world market and make Microsoft a standard.
`----
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-micropiracy9apr09,0,414067.story?track=tottext - alex1432, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7There will be viruses made for linux if it ever gets a respectable market share. Every system has flaws otherwise there would be no need for technical people.
- Memitim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Goddamn. $230 just to get a base to run applications on. I wish that Microsoft would stop loading so much ***** into their OS. I just want a base that is sufficient for running my applications, you know, the real reason I use my computer. Make a system similar to apt that dynamically grabs my dependencies as needed and stop with the multi-gigabyte operating system crap already. Leave that to Ma Kettle and her Solitaire addiction.
- Memitim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Once again some pirate is going to be able to use an app with nary a care in the world while I continue to have to jump through hoops just to get this crap working in our studio. Every freaking day I have users crawling up my ass about when they are getting the app they ordered while we're play the always fun game of Where in the ***** Am I Supposed to Fit Yet Another Goddamned Dongle when I could just spend a few minutes online, grab a crack, and have them working in minutes. After all of the ***** that I have had to deal with involving software licensing, I don't blame the pirates for this crap, I blame the companies who release this *****.
Ironically, Microsoft is probably my favorite company when it comes to licensing, but that's mostly because of our MS Select license plan. I only pray that things will continue the same with their next generation of software, aside from having to set up yet another freaking license server. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@ misterjangles
Good point. Do you know if the TechNet subscription is the same as the MSDN? or less than the MSDN? Also, one, maybe both, will allow you to have a copy of Office 2007, but of course, it's more expensive to go one notch above the OS only subscription. - hypnotiq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@fatdog789:
Yes, corporates do have to activate now, read up on the new KMS vs. MAK keys. Although, the activation is not any worse then previous MVL keys, and can still be abused.
Microsoft has had to deal with this type of pirating of corporate licenses for some time now. This is nothing new except they used a "work around" to be able to license numerous products with probably no detection! - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@feej
"If they purchased under a legal volume license agreement, it wouldn't be an issue.
And..."
I'm thinking you never had that problem. I've had the problem, I'm not saying that it wasn't resolved after 3 months, but if you're running a business, and this thing is down for 3 months, you may have to do what you have to do. Just because you have a legit copy of something, doesn't mean that you will always get a replacement copy as smooth as you'd think. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6There is always two sides to a coin, what *IF* you purchased a legit copy of this KMS server, and your CD no longer worked, and MS refused to replace it? It wouldn't then be stolen property - I realize this may be RARE.
Just because I have a gun used in a murder, doesn't make me the murderer. - zaskie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3all your windows are belong to us
- jsp317, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3nope I'm gonna buy ultimate. i have tested it. i love it.
- misterjangles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I wouldn't be too surprised if the activation server will eventually phone home to MS. Then all the installs that are using that activation server will be locked at the next activation attempt.
- darthsnoopy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8What? Did Microsoft say that? Source?
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@richestorags
Since when does open source exclude profit? It's just as open source as anything else.
I notice you neglected to comment on apache as well.
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