El_Oscuro writes "A genuine crack for Windows Vista has just been released by pirate group Pantheon, which allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational. It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of Vista that doesn't require product activation — apparently because end users would find it too inconvenient. The question, how can I do this with XP?" Link to Original Source
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Vista cracks involving OEM discs have been around since almost day 1. Most of them consisted of actually flashing your BIOS and making it look like it belongs to one of those OEMs, but I distinctly recall the BIOS emulation being around for awhile as well...
Now I have the option to pirate a piece of software I have no desire to ever use.
sometimes, cracked software is quite buggy. other times, (like my cracked copy of winXPpro) actually run significantly better that the legitimate copy.
Will this crack not run better than the legitimate OEM version of Vista that I'm not using?
I own a legit copy of Vista and wiped the computer to get rid of it, currently running XP64bit but that will be gone shortly for Fedora 64 as it does run better, and less Redmond spying involved.
Not new... (Score:2)
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awesome. (Score:2)
Now I have the option to pirate a piece of software I have no desire to ever use.
sometimes, cracked software is quite buggy. other times, (like my cracked copy of winXPpro) actually run significantly better that the legitimate copy.
Will this crack not run better than the legitimate OEM version of Vista that I'm not using?
Stop software piracy - Use Linux (Score:1)
Vi$ta the next Windows Me (Score:1)