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- sinner0423, on 10/12/2007, -3/+228Jesus christ, let me clarify a few things for you people, before you (yes YOU) decide to read any further.
1) If a piece of pirated software is "nuked" it means exactly what it says. If a release is bad, it will be deemed nuked or 'not working' by the scene. This means, you shouldn't waste your time downloading it. There are several sites that measure the competence of pirated stuff, and the author of this Digg has linked you to such a site.
2) RTM means Release To Manufacturing - this 'leak', if it is indeed legit, means it's the final retail version of Vista that you will be seeing in stores.
3) Vista hasn't been cracked yet. I've seen several different conflicting stories about what works & what wont. I would save your bandwidth for when a REAL cracked version comes out, that all of us can use. Your RC2 key probably won't work, so don't bother.
4) The size of the RTM Vista image will not matter. You need to remember that some groups split up discs in to several smaller RAR files, for contiguity. In case one part of your download is bad, the whole release won't be *****. This could mean that several different releases might have several different sizes. There will be some fakes, but don't count on guessing, unless you happen to be ripping a retail disc yourself.
There, I think that pretty much clarifies everything. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+68@ sinner0423
1. Agreed
2. This version (BILLGATES release) is not nuked, and it's legit.
3. The crack IS out, and it allows the 30 day limitation to "reset" (which I speak of below and it has been dugg down for some reason) - Additionally, you don't need to enter ANY key at all to get it installed (leave the key blank when asked, and click next, just like in RC2 and RC1), and working for 30 days before it goes into "limited mode"
4. Agreed - TyroPyro, on 10/12/2007, -4/+67It's the real RTM disc image. I imagine the scene groups and others will start toying with it and use it as the source for a cracked release.
- Araxen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+64This release is legit. It just isn't cracked. Apparently M$ has really good protection this time around. It'll be about a week before it's cracked open.
- sinner0423, on 10/12/2007, -4/+49In case you're still wondering - my rant doesnt indicate whether this is real or not. I have no idea. People like to screw with each other, so this could be 2.49gb of porn, for all I know.
Even if it is legit, I have absolutely no way of getting it to work without some kind of activation trickery, much like 99.9% of the rest of us. When I do decide to install Vista, I don't want to have to test to see if it works, I want to reformat and take the plunge.
I think the rest of us are in the same boat, so just wait, and be patient. You'll see a cracked version soon enough. - pipdip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42Can't believe this made front page. It's real however, I can tell you that. Protection has yet to be cracked though. It should only be a few more days. ;)
- crexor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40"i cant get it to work"
"thats your problem"
"delpre and this is your problem"
"then get your own key idiot" ahahha pure gold. - Marijuana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33I found out how to get it to work from another source:
"Unplug your internet connection, restart, go to bios, set the date to 12/26/2006, install, disable time sync with internet, put the date back to bios, and plug in internet :) this is it, the countdown will stop" - CocodaMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31To be fair most people here arn't complaining about WGA or activation. Although it is something to complain about. Like most people in IT i've seen plenty of legit and pirated versions of windows. When it comes to copy protection on windows I can honestly say I've only ever had issues with it when using legit versions. It's much easier to use pirated versions of windows then it is to use legit versions these days. Of course the same is true with some games now as well.
I wish people would learn, anything with more then 1 million users is going to be cracked. I don't care if you spent a decade making it impossible to crack, if you've got a large user base it will get cracked. If you release something with copy protection and it doesn't get cracked you can rest assured it's because your product wasn't very good, not because the protection was impossible to beat. - kubudubudubuntu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29GrayOne: your not in any leet warez scene just because you download warez......
- GuyHersh, on 10/12/2007, -6/+34lol.. RC2 is build 5744, and RTM (Aka Final) is build 6000.. Which if you've been following the betas, is a HUGE jump.
Also, final is virtually bug free. At least no show-stopping bugs. There will still be some program compatiblity issues and developers upgrade their programs, but thats why MS is waiting 2 1/2 months before release to public on Jan. 30, 2007.
Also.. thats a dumb question. Any avid computer user should know the final version of a program is much better than a previous beta... - mattmac24, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33translation: im a noob(but i dont think i am)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuke_(computer) - piratepete, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Windows Vista killed my puppy
- mingistech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23But you're missing out on WINDOWS GENUINE ATVANTAGE!!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ - chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsite_(warez)
- elitexero, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28To clarify a few things:
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About 80% of the people in here are total morons.
This copy is LEGIT. It has not been nuked, and it WORKS. If you can't get it to work, its your fault and your ***** preconfigured MDG or Dell machine is probably ***** up from you trying to install some RAM sideways or some *****. If you don't have a DVD burner, the only solution is to quit bitching and go pay like 30$ for one. Don't bitch about how you can't install warez because you don't have a dvd burner. Just piss off and get one or quit bitching.
The crack requires you to replace the gold version of vista's activation routine with RC2's so you can use a RC2 key. (If you don't know what 'gold' means, just close IE and leave)
USE YOUR OWN RC2 KEY, THEY'RE FREE.
If your cd image is corrupt, don't go on about how you're 'nuking it'. You don't know how to nuke something, and saying you're nuking something in a ***** digg comment just makes you look like a ***** retard.
Lastly, I won't be installing this for at least a month or two before I hear that Microsoft didn't include a hidden portion of vista dedicated to tracking your noob ass and shipping you off to jail. Good luck. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Wtf does your post have to do with anything?
- klawz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20no problem - and as a second thought, I agree with you that it's not been cracked yet. As a time-reset is not technically a crack, maybe more or less a "hack".
- bikini, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21if i must have one?
actually i don't even bother with operating systems anymore, i kinda grew out of them a while ago... they just lost their appeal... - cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -3/+21[NUKED] [Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Final-BillGates] [APPS] [not.cracked_requires.activation] [9h 34m 33s] [11 Nov 2006]
It's real, but as the reason suggests.. it's not cracked.
lol @ the nuke war. - Marijuana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Sorrry, I thought it was already posted.
Vista Activation Crack
1. Install and logon Vista final (worked with the BillGates edition) with the CDkey given by BillGates.
2. Browse to WindowsSystem32Licensingpkeyconfig' folder,right-click 'pkeyconfig.xrm-ms'
Open property, click Security > Advanced > Owner > Edit > Administrators.
Click OK and close the propertes.
Then re-open properties of the file, Click Security > Advanced > Edit > select Administrators and click Edit.
Click "Full Control", Click OK and close the properties.
3.
Replace 'pkeyconfig.xrm-ms' using the one in this package.
Go to Start > Run > type "services.msc" and find "Software Licensing". Normally this ain't running, but if it is
you need to stop it with the stop button above.
4. Goto WindowsServiceProfilesNetworkServiceAppDataRoamingMicrosoftSoftwareLicensing
Replace the tokens.dat from this package with the one there.
5. Reboot into normal mode again.
Go to Start > Help & Support > type "Activate" in the search menu. Click on the third topic "Activate Windows on this Computer"
This will start Windows Activation. You can use almost any key here, if you have gotten a Beta1/Beta2/RC1/RC2 key from Microsoft
TO GET THE RC FILES: http://www.ihtpc.net/wbpluto/5840_Activation_replacement.rar - Darkhacker, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19I present to you... the life of a Digg user.
Thursday: Windows Vista is teh SuX0Rz w/ DRM!!1 Die M$! I'll never use ur ***** pr0ducts!
Friday: Hurray! Vista is RTM and I'm going to pirate it!
Saturday: Vista is teh SuX for n00bs... Hurray Ubuntu!
No but seriously guys... wtf? You spend years bashing Vista, DRM, WGA, and Microsoft and how Ubuntu is an OS with magical powers that will save the world and then you try to pirate Vista only to complain when it doesn't activate? Double-U Tee Eff?! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16The real torrent is right here, I believe it just came out im downloading:
its on nforce NOT nuked:
http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/907021/Microsoft_Windows_Vista_Final_BillGates
Vista.Final.BillGates
Key is provided but you cannot activate however I believe this has been released:
Windows.Vista.RTM.06.2007.Activation-iND
Gotta find it though. Have fun. - kledge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15http://www.aboutthescene.com/thescene/scenerules.html
- Jozer99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14@GuyHersh
You aren't quite right there. RC2 was 5744, and the release is 6000, but that is an artificial increment, in order for the release to be a nice round number. There were several 6000 builds, as they found bugs with a couple of "final" builds and had to fix them. Microsoft could not possibly have made the extra 250 or so builds, as Windows requires almost 24 hours to compile using Microsoft's massive server farm. I'm sure that this is pretty polished, but every Windows launch has seen its fair share of bugs, and you can bet that Vista SP1 will make most of those better. Even with thousands of testing machines, you can't always catch every bug thats gonna show up when a hundred million "users" (read: dumbf*cks) start installing it on their machines. - pipdip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Hmm... sounds logical. Anyone wanna try this out? I just might myself...
- estvir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Well, it just appeared basically /everywhere/ (Torrent, IRC, UseNet, etc) so time to wait for the first people (Suckers) to dl and tell us if it's working. It's on Demonoid, TPB, etc.
Also, apparently the CYGiSO and most other releases are fake.
Anyone suprised at the size ? I mean, 2.49GB is quite small unless this is just the x86 release or maybe the 'other' final release (About 3.4GB) is the real one, who knows. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10CocodaMonkey,
Yeah, I've only seen activation probs with real XP too. My Dad's out-of-the-box Dell started bitching and moaning about being pirated 2 wks after purchase. We had to install one of those WGA removers (Dell of course didn't provide an XP re-install disc). I had to enter a SECOND XP serial # (one of two I bought) because I unplugged the IDE cable to one of my drives and switched the USB port the keyboard was connected to.. then it bitched "This computer has changed substantially since it was first activated...etc" - which was 24 hours prior! #@$#@$ing Microsoft. - Escamillo, on 10/12/2007, -14/+23So it's already been leaked, made the front page on digg, and you guys have the gall to bitch and moan about activation?
Why do you think activation exists? It's because guys like you pirate warez so much. It takes a hell of a lot of nerve to pirate software than bitch about the evils of activation and WGA. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15You can install it w/o a key, just won't last but a few days, then you can re-load it, if you wanna -use a virtual machine to wait out the few hours to a week to crack it.
- klawz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+832bit, and just so you know ALL binaries (all the versions, corp, home, home basic, home basicn, ultimate, etc etc) are on the DVD (ISOs in this case), don't be fooled by the fakes that seem to have 5 different dvd isos.
- Mandeep, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Yes, there has been a nuked release, but there are two others that aren't nuked. Should show up on nForce soon.
- ngmcs8203, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I'm not the only one then?... I guess I stopped cruising mIRC before the world of wikipedia:
Warez Nukes
Another definition of a Nuke is the one used in the warez scene. A warez release is nuked by other groups or individuals if it is found that it's not installing or working as expected or has false information. The warez group that made the release may nuke it if a proper release (a release that works as expected) is made. - Marijuana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview/register.mspx
Get your RC1 key, then follow the instructions on how to crack the activation. - scotty588, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Delete pre-release I believe
- kurrent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8enjoy your software and driver support
- blimpmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This is the version number.
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205
Oh, and it works great...... - audiopollution, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9From: http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/nuked.cfm
"In the Internet piracy scene, a release may be NUKED for several reasons. In the case of a movie, it may be because the group responsible for the release requested it, or there may be something actually wrong with the release, such as missing rars or out of sync audio." - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9hey, i never said "Linux > Windows" i simply would like to see more people using a free (as in speech) operating system for (for lack of a better term) political reasons. I suppose I shouldn't have only mentioned GNU/Linux; MacOS (a BSD variant), or any of the BSDs, or the HURD, or heck even Plan9 would be fine too.
Windows is a fine piece of software, and probably actually worth the price you pay for it; proprietary software can be a Good Thing. But I think that having a piece of closed-source code (and non POSIX compliant at that) as the industry standard desktop operating system is dangerous. Windows has it's place, just not as the "default" operating system.
As far as the connection between piracy and FOSS goes. FOSS renders piracy obsolete, so using an anti-piracy moral stance to push a free operating system seems pretty sound to me. - mdshort, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Yes you can, I didn't have a DVD Burner either so I just extracted it to my secondary 40gb hd and used that to install vista. When you extract it make sure you run it in windows. I think it would work if you didn't have a second hard drive, if you made a small partition for vista alongside your full partition, just make sure vista doesn't format it.
Some people just don't understand that everyone doesn't have an OMFGZORS DL DVD+/- LIGHTSCRIBE ROXZORS COMBO SATA DRIVE.
However, that doesn't mean thats its not in my Christmas wish list. - ashchristopher, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Um... Vista doesnt technically launch until Jan for consumers. Logitech has LOTS of time to release Vista drivers.
- TacoX, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8When a release is nuked it means it either not legit or there is something wrong with it.
edit: beaten - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I have lost all respect for logitech in the last few years, their drivers have gone to utter *****. I have a $100+ keyboard/mouse setup and use just the basic drivers, and not install their crap-ware.
- scotty588, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7These sites don't tell you how or where to get it. They just tell you that its out there.
- ceralor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Are you one of those people that wishes you could hack your optical drive's laser into being more powerful and act as a burner? DVD burners are cheap anymore! Get one off Newegg for $30.
- alen3K, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Really now ? Why ? I understand for music and that *****. But it's not like your supporting starving-coders.
- mikesol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It's funny, I thought of that when I saw the name of the releaser.
Chances are it's just someone that's active in the scene but didn't want to attach their name to it. - Marijuana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Edit: For some reason forward slashes don't work.
Step 2 should be: Windows/System32/Licensing/pkeyconfig
Step 4: Windows/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/SoftwareLicensing - Quactaur, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8http://www.mininova.org/tor/475758 - That's apparently a working crack (same as 5840's activation crack, but it still works)
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