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“Oh bugger.” That, friends and lovable-enemies, is what I’m imagining the security team at Microsoft are muttering, thanks to the news that Vista’s beefed-up product activation has been circumnavigated with a brute-force keygen hack. It’s not one for the impatient, however; it checks around 10,000 possible keys every 30 minutes, depending on system speed, and can take days to find a working combination.
Obviously SlashGear in no way condones software piracy, and we recommend that for full aftermarket support and system stability you should use an authentic copy of whichever OS you prefer. What this all shows, however, is the eventual folly of DRM when faced with a network of intelligent and determined enthusiasts. If I were Microsoft – or any developer looking to get maximum return from legal copies of my intellectual property - I’d be figuring out ways to build some sort of value-add into using properly-acquired programs as opposed to cracked versions. If I could prove that having the authentic version tangibly benefited a user in some way, then that would encourage sales and also – most importantly, perhaps – repeat sales and product line investment.
KezNews [via Thinktechno]
5 Responses to “Vista product activation hacked already”
david May 9, 2007
good to you … and how are you doing ??? i would like for you to help me with the product keep for WINDOWS VISTA … help please
NeutralChris Davies May 9, 2007
SlashGear doesn’t condone software piracy, David – the best thing to do is go and buy an authentic copy of Vista, that way you’ll get a real product key.
[quote comment="21796"]good to you … and how are you doing ??? i would like for you to help me with the product keep for WINDOWS VISTA … help please[/quote]
NeutralVassilios June 6, 2007
interesting
Neutralmark June 21, 2007
can i get the vista serial key please thanks
+2Trav November 11, 2008
Can I get the Key Gen Please?
Neutral