http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/ Engadget Comments for Another Vista activation bypass: for reals this time? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/lets you download updates as well ]]>Mar 4th 2007 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
true...
true...]]>Mar 4th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 5th 2007 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
Thus, no reason for a registration key!]]>Mar 4th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
legal way to use this.

]]>Mar 25th 2007 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
I have a lot more respect for Microsoft than Apple, Bill Gates' success doesn't make him evil. He gives money to charity every freakin' year while Apple sues anyone that breathes because that's an Apple patent.

Basically, Microsoft needs an activation code because it runs more than 3/4 of the worlds computers and Apple wishes they could be like that. You pirates make it difficult for the average user because you have nothing better to do but to be cheap bastards. ]]>Mar 4th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/]]>Mar 4th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
You pay 2x-3x as much for inferior hardware and a "pretty case" than you would if you were to build your own windows box. Since Apple charges you for 2 or 3 computers and you only get 1, and you cannot buy a mac without osx.. they can afford to let a few unauthorized updates happen.

Oh and have fun paying $150 for mac osx service packs, oh wait im sorry, "new versions"]]>Mar 4th 2007 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
My point is that the vast majority of the computer industry, for years, is following the same numbering scheme... only Apple has been honest about it. Sun does the same as MS, too: Solaris 8, 9, 10, etc., are actually Sun OS 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, etc.

Furthermore, when you buy a Mac you can almost be guaranteed that the majority of software coming out 4-5 years down the road will still work on your machine. My sister has a stock Power Mac G4 from January of 2002... and it still runs everything (save the high-end games, but real gamers don't play on computers, do they?) that's coming out today, and that will include 10.5.

So, go ahead, buy your cheap-ass beige box or build it yourself. My stock Core Duo iMac and I will still be doing things with the latest software come 2009 and 2010.

Will you? I doubt it. You'll drop hundreds, if not thousands, more on "upgrades" from here on out because X game doesn't work with Y driver. If that's a world you enjoy, have fun. I prefer to be able to use my computer when I need to - not when MS or some software developer tells me I can - and leave the monkeying around for MS fanboys like you who have no lives outside of their computer's innards.]]>Mar 4th 2007 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 5th 2007 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
If it doesn't work properly now they will get it sorted eventually]]>Mar 4th 2007 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
Cost in the States $399
Cost in the UK $722.85

I wanted to buy Vista but being from the UK makes the costs prohibitive. I can see why a lot of UK users would take this crack and use it. Apparently the costs are just as bad in the rest of Europe so there's a few more million lost by MS.


]]>Mar 4th 2007 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Why don't people just buy the damn product."

Because I bought XP Pro (and every other operating system I have ever owned) fair and square, and every time I upgraded my hardware, the stupid OS (XP) said you have reactivate your product because you added a couple hdd's. This meant I had to phone some idiot woman in Bangladesh, and have her treat me like a criminal while I explained why I needed a new key. Every time you phone they get more hostile, and less helpfull.

That's when I dpownloaded my first crack, and from now on I will never buy another Microsoft OS, because being legal is far too inconvenient !
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I cannot imagine that MS would not release some sort of update that detects the bios emulation driver, but this does work for what people want it to.

Its interesting reading the comments about this on Digg. Kids rationalizing how Okay it is to steal Vista simply because they cant afford it. BAH. I'm no fan of MS, but at least I know what end is up.

For what its worth, This crack method does what it advertises.
]]>Mar 4th 2007 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/]]>Mar 4th 2007 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/For something that is 5 years in the making, features left out that a lot of people were looking forward to, to charge the prices
MS is charging only enhances the hackers to work around it.
Should MS charge what they are charging? That is their business.
Should I pay what MS wants for Vista? Nope, I'll stick with
XP. Vista is just XP, with more security and eye candy.
Yes, I've used it]]>Mar 4th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 4th 2007 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
Even if you were to switch to a Mac or Linux, there are certain online services and applications that REQUIRE (yes, require, no choice here) you to run Windows. THAT is why some people may pirate windows. ]]>Mar 4th 2007 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
I've used all the major operating systems, Fedora, Ubuntu, Windows 3.1 - Vista, and OS X, right now my main is OSx86 and my secondary is vista enterprise, while my media center runs ultimate.]]>Mar 4th 2007 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
Apple went through OS 1 through 5.1 (12 sub-versions!) in the space of only a few years before it made the first major upgrade to its OS with system 6. This went through 8 sub-releases before system 7 was released, which came in a ridiculous total of 25 different sub-versions and model-specific versions. OS's 8 and 9 were minor releases which managed 13 sub-versions between them.

Then of course they threw all that in the bin and started again with OS X. Thankfully they've managed to keep things a little more under control this time and have only gone through 5 sub-versions (0 through 4) so far.

Furthermore, when you buy a PC you're also virtually guaranteed that it'll still run most software in 4-5 years time. Again, the principal exclusion is games. Somewhat silly then, perhaps, that in your later "I'll still be doing this" story you mention games. I find it highly doubtful that any home computer bought today will be able to play the latest games to their highest capacity in 3 years time. Exclude games though, and yes, even a "cheap-ass beige box" will be fine in 3 years time. My laptop is none of those things, but it is 3 years old, and runs Vista quite comfortably with all the new visuals turned on. ]]>Mar 5th 2007 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/-
http://www.WindowsVistaUserGuide.com]]>Mar 4th 2007 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
I just came to a terrible realization... You know why Vista has been slow on the uptake? Because its taken so long to find a working crack! Don't 1 in 4 PC's fail the WGA Check anyways?

Hmmmm...

:-P]]>Mar 4th 2007 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
/me no likes bloat.]]>Mar 4th 2007 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
Vista Home Premium OEM on newegg is 120$ just buy a damn keyboard or something with it... Hell Vista Ultimate OEM is only 200$ shesh]]>Mar 4th 2007 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 5th 2007 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
I'm not in favor of anyone using these versions in a business environment or anything along those lines. But I'm definitely pro the effort in general M$ has been less than considerate of other countries and many others. Of my personal opinion free software to the student population is free marketing a large bulk of casual ?pirating? is done by students without the finance to pay for every damn app, os, or program.]]>Mar 5th 2007 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 5th 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 5th 2007 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 8th 2007 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 10th 2007 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/first it wants the cd of the previous version to upgrade - 30 min to find it, than it happens that the serial number is for multilicense cds only not for the busines version i've installed - 30 min on the support line to realize there's difference, but we've trown the packaging, to find out which cd is the right - reinstall few times - 1h30min. then it doesn't want to activate over the net - activate over the phone - another 30 min.

altogether - 3 HOURS!!! and an angry man

yesterday i had to do some design at home:
- found the torrent at the bay -5min
- downloaded it (with 1MBps! adobe site only wish to send with such speed) - 5 min
-unzip unrar and read the installation instructions - 5min
- install and activate - 5 min

altogether = 20 min! and an excited man
and in the other 2H40min the design was done.

the result - lesson learned - if you want to "unleash your creativity"[Adobe (C)] avoid beurocracy,if you can't get the tool work stright away you'll do more and better with other free tools. ]]>Mar 6th 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 6th 2007 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/Mar 6th 2007 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/
Have you ever heard the expression about comparing apples to apples instead of oranges? In your "analogy" you just compared apples to ground beef. The two situations could not be more different. In the car example you gave someone would actually be without something in the end, the driver you spoke of would not have a car in the end that he did in the beginning. When it comes to Vista, someone may have something in the end that they did not pay for, BUT NOBODY will find themselves without anything they had before. In your car analogy someone gets something AND someone looses something. When it comes to cracking Vista someone gains something, that's it. ]]>Mar 9th 2007 11:55PM