Windows Vista Can Be Used Without Being Activated
Computerworld reported that Brian Livingston, windows expert, published a documented feature of Windows Vista which allows you to avoid activation for at least a year.
In an excerpt:
Livingston, who publishes the Windows Secrets newsletter, said that a single change to Vista’s registry lets users put off the operating system’s product activation requirement an additional eight times beyond the three disclosed last month. With more research, said Livingston, it may even be possible to find a way to postpone activation indefinitely.
The [activation] demands that Vista puts on corporate buyers is much more than on XP,” said Livingston. “Vista developers have [apparently] programmed in back doors to get around time restrictions for Vista activation.
Microsoft promptly labeled the registry change a “hack,” a loaded word that is usually synonymous with “illegal.”
Recently it has been reported that an activation hack for Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has been identified,” said David Lazar, the director of the company’s Genuine Windows program, in an e-mail. “Although these reports are purely speculative at the moment, we are actively monitoring attempts to steal Microsoft intellectual property.
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