From: George Sherwood 

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:19:20 -0500, mike wrote:

> Don't know.
>
> http://apcmag.com/5512/pirate_crack_vista_oem_activation
>
>
> ===
> 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 doesnƒ’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 doesnƒ’t require product activation ƒ– apparently because
> end users would find it too inconvenient.... ===
>

Interesting from my point of view that no copies of Vista have appeared on
the streets here yet.  Office 2007 was for sale here before in the States,
but so far no Vista.  Not sure what it says about the security in Vista,
guess the Russians haven't found the crack yet.

George

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