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It's official: Pirates crack Vista at last
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Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
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.
Unlike cracks which have been floating around since Vista RTM was released in late November, this crack doesn’t simply get around product activation with beta activation files or timestop cracks - it actually makes use of the activation process. 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.
http://apcmag.com/5512/pirate_crack..._oem_activation
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Yay! I don't have to pay for DirectX10 now.
Posted by: FadedMaster
Woo hoo... like I would even run Vista for free on my machine (not yet anyways).
Posted by: pdnielsen
Haven't found any free downloads of it yet though other than RC 1....
Posted by: Bishop
You don't know where to look.
Posted by: pdnielsen
I wouldn't anyway because Vista still doesn't work with everything yet.
Posted by: pdnielsen
There is a website that has made both the 32 bit and 64 bit editions of Windows Vista Ultimate available because of another error by Microsoft. Some manufacturers of end user PCs have been given versions of Windows Vista that can be installed to them without installation keys. The result is a version of Windows with permanent activation that can be used on as many PCs as will operate with Vista. Someone has uploaded the operating systems to the net and made them available through peer to peer networks. I would not be surprised to see people in 3rd world countries making counterfeit versions for sale in the near future.
Posted by: Sandman1278
So why would anyone want vista?
Posted by: FadedMaster
DirectX 10. And it's actually not too bad. I've been running it fine without a problem for a while now.
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