VISTA: Microsoft plans to cripple computers running unlicensed copies of new OS
 

ouch... a lot of posters will dissapear :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

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It'll be cracked in a week.

That's hilarious.. and quite awesome. It's fully within their rights to do that.

I wouldn't be surprised if, instead of windows update saying "not a qualified original windows product", it actually said "Pirated copy, now make OS changes" and started shutting things down.

Great news, People who steal suck.

hmm... bad news! But I guess it will be cracked very soon!

I have it for top sources that this pic will be displayed:

http://www.webdejob.com/gfy/s__podborka_kartinok_8.jpg

it'll take only a few hours until this is cracked too...

they wont never..

it's their way to make us scared and tries us to keep out of piracy...

whats microsoft? and they are bringing back the vista?:upsidedow

Although it's within their rights to do so, why do I get the feeling there will still be lawsuits when they start flipping switches?

one thing i always buy is my os, just found it easier to pay for it.

It will be cracked so ultimately the only people it affects are LEGITIMATE purchasers. I've paid for my copy of Windows XP and I've had some troubles with activation that have affected my workflow. Can't wait for the new vers to start accusing me of piracy. :1orglaugh

Call up MS and tell them you're an overclocker or some other bullshit that requires alot of rebuild/reinstalls and they'll give you a key that doesn't need activation. Just be prepared to sit on hold alot.

Yep. People that have licensed copies of WinXP are already complaining that they get the "This is a pirated copy of Windows" message. Imagine what this will do. :1orglaugh

If they do,t hey only need to contact microsoft and get it sorted out... that sort of thing happens when someone has keygened a registration code the same and has already registered it before you get there.

If they have legit copies in their hands, they shouldn't tolerate the message.

Most people are stupid. Most people that get pirated copies are too stupid to know how to crack or get the crack. I have a friend that buys copies of DVD movies that some other guy rips from a real DVD. My friend wouldn't know the first thing baout how to rip a real DVD to make a copy he sure as hell wouldn't know how to crack this thing. Guy barely knows how to turn on his computer wihtout calling me for help. That is 98% of computer users.

im suprised they havent just figured a way to give it out for free , like adware version or something

Because people with "cracked" versions of xp wont upgrade thus will be vuilnerable to be used it bot attacks..

Wow... I have three PC's ... all legit copies. Activating them about 8 or 9 times each so far (I'm a reinstall fiend!) ... NO activation problems ... ever.

Unlucky dude :)

would be the logical thing to do.. basiclly set the OS up with pre installed spyware. So IE would have adds built into it and so on. I bet they would make more money in the long run from advertisers.

Why? Windows makes Microsoft the richest software company in the known universe... give it away free? Maybe if it was not making them any cash. It wont happen. And NO one would buy an adware version.

you don't buy the adware version, you get it for free :winkwink:

agreed :)

Exactly.

But lets say they come up with a 100% secure solution to the piracy problem.
I think they're going to lose so much Windows users since they're other operating systems that can be used even by unexperienced users for free.
But the changes are probably around 0.0000001% that they will come up with something good.

Fucking Bush... er - I Mean Microsoft.

will this affect my copy of windows for workgroups 3.11?

Only if you try to attach to a copy of the so-dumb-workgroups-arent-supported copy of Vista.

You do have a 16 bit FTP server for that winsock, right?

If they force people to actually buy it, then lots of them will finally switch to a superior OS like OS X.

they should pop an invoice up with a threatening message... I bet OS sales would SOAR!

This will be the year a tide of Windows users will migrate to Linux.

they will release the corporate edition which doesn't activation, thats what always gets pirated anyways.

this from the company who hasn't been able to secure their own since winblows 3.11
I guess they figured a 14 year old script kiddie was about to own them, so they thought up a preemptive strike/spin the bullshit.
pathetic.
they hope someone wants their garbage.
people are wising up to this stuff.
Microsoft's best selling product is the Mac.

They seem to do this with every new windows release. Puffing up saying they are going to disable the OS if its a pirated copy. They basically said the same thing with XP. We'll see what happens.

I don't think so...

Ubuntu needs some major user-friendly upgrades especially in the driver areana first. I say Ubuntu and no other distro because it is the closest thing to a windows OS as you can get on a linux kernel, running gnome.

I agree with you on that. I even had to call them up twice after I reached a certain number of installs and still no problems, they were more than happy to give me a code to let it activate again.

Just wait until they release a Enterpise Edition. Needs no activation or whatever :thumbsup

:thumbsup

any info what will be the price of the new win?

so basically what they are saying is that if you don't pay for it, it will run like Windows XP.

russian boys will fuck microsoft as always.. so no worries