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Hackers - 1 : SP1 - 0 | |
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| Time: 00:01 EST/05:01 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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With the launch of SP1 Microsoft promised to put an end to two popular hacks used by pirates to allow a non-genuine install of Windows Vista to function in the same way as a genuine install. Testing that I’ve carried out in the lab today suggests that Microsoft has been true to its word. The two most common hacks used were the OEM BIOS hack and the grace timer hack (of which there were two flavors which were widespread). Testing both these methods of circumventing Windows activation and Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) has shown me that SP1 effectively ignores both these hacks. Systems that previously were shown to be genuine prior to the installation of SP1 then require activation - and if the system isn’t activated it is marked at non-genuine and enters the nag state. | ||
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