Microsoft stops crippling "pirated" copies of Vist

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Samray · #1 Post by **Samray** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:30 pm

Users whose systems are identified as counterfeit or have not been validated as genuine will be presented with clear and recurring notices about the status of their system and how to get a genuine copy.

This is a change in tactics from the current approach for Windows Vista, where counterfeit systems go into a state called reduced functionality mode, which essentially suspends, after 30 days, a number of features of the system until the user takes action to get genuine.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2227513,00.asp

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:53 pm

Who the hell would want a pirate copy of Vista?

#3 Post by **Kwackerz** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:00 pm

Long John Silver?

Gio · #4 Post by **Gio** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:03 pm

Kwackerz wrote:Long John Silver?

He couldn't even open a lappy.