Well, so much for closing piracy loopholes! With Windows Vista and Office 2007 only just going Gold, and not even available to Microsoft beta testers, developers or volume licence subscribers, the first cracked versions have already hit the pirate boards.

The Windows version which has been released is called Vista BillGates. It doesn’t feature any activation cracks itself, and the supplied product key is just for the installation.

The activation crack is a separate download, and works by replacing the licensing components with components from beta builds. Then using a product key from Beta 1, Beta 2, RC1 or RC2, the Gold version of Vista can be activated online.

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LOL ! XblackdemonX (IP:216.113.24.1) 2006-11-13 20:52:05 LOL microsoft will never defeat the pirates, NEVER ! Reply | Quote

M$ Agent #2 (Registered) 2006-11-14 20:15:26 I agree but so does MS.... They just dont want everyone to be able to just make a copy and hand them out like candy (MS calls them casual pirates lol) Like 95 and 98 and ME you could just burn a copy of the CD and you would fine with any old key. It is rather funny that the pirates tend to get things before anyone else though ! I mean I have seen DVD versions of movies before the movies where even out in the theatres ! Reply | Quote

actz (Super Administrator) 2006-12-09 18:38:04 Always someone smarter than the top Microsoft dev team. Reply | Quote

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