| ActiveMac | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise |
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ActiveMac |
|
Articles |
|
Forums |
|
Links |
|
News |
|
News Search |
|
Reviews |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
DVD |
|
ActiveHardware |
|
Xbox |
|
MaINTosh |
|
News Search |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANet Chats |
|
The Lobby |
|
Special Events Room |
|
Developer's Lounge |
|
XBox Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows "Whistler" XP |
|
Windows CE |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TopTechTips |
|
Registry Tips |
|
Windows 95/98 |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Internet Explorer 4 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Windows NT Tips |
|
Program Tips |
|
Easter Eggs |
|
Hardware |
|
DVD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Applications |
|
Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
|
Norton SystemWorks 2002 |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 |
|
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Affiliates |
|
ANet Forums |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
|
Links |
|
Member Pages |
|
Site Search |
|
Awards |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credits |
 |
Microsoft bars Windows pirates | |
|
||
| Time: 09:55 EST/14:55 GMT | News Source: BBC | Posted By: Brian Kvalheim | ||
|
Many people using pirated copies of Windows XP will get no help from Microsoft to make their PC safer. The software giant has decided that a forthcoming update to XP will not work with the most widely pirated versions of its operating system. The upgrade, called Service Pack 2, closes security loopholes in XP and adds features that make it easier to keep machines safer from viruses. The software update is due to be released during the summer. | ||
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 306 Last | Next |
The time now is
6:16:59 AM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
| #1 By 1868 (141.133.144.99) at 6/4/2004 4:40:19 PM |
|
I pay for software. Pirates don't so all they should get for free from Microsoft is lawsuits. I hate pirates and wish them all they lawsuits they can handle.
Now if only Longhorn is impossible to pirate or so easy to tracka pirated copies that they all land in jail. |
| #2 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 6/4/2004 7:00:04 PM |
|
i wrote a comment on this subject before.
microsoft should absolutely make xp2 available to any running copy of windows xp as soon as possible to obtain "herd immunity". this is a biological concept of protecting a large population of individuals by immunizing as many of them as possible. it helps halt the spread of disease even in those that are not immunized. (it can even cause certain diseases to disappear entirely i.e. smallpox). that is, unless microsoft doesn’t really want to make all computer users safer ;). |
| #3 By 2459 (69.22.124.228) at 6/4/2004 9:17:41 PM |
|
The hardcore pirates will likely just start using a non-blacklisted key, or find some other solution. Why give them free support? They will eventually find a way to upgrade anyway. If not, maybe they can add a few percentage points to the free OS market. I'm sure MS, Adobe, etc., wouldn't mind losing them. ;-)
The majority of the problem-computers will likely not be those used by pirates anyway. They will likely be those used by the average user who doesn't upgrade unless they buy a new computer with the new version preinstalled, and who doesn't download updates like SP 2 because they don't know how or don't care to do so. In short, the same people that currently have systems filled with spyware, viruses, trojans, etc. |
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 306 Last | Next |
The time now is
6:16:59 AM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
