From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

Took longer than I expected, days instead of minutes...


Antti Kurenniemi

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:457a8225$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> First off Vista appeared on't net before on't shelves & now.........
>
>
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602710&sub
Section=Breaking+News
>
> " Pirates are circulating a hack that lets them activate counterfeit
> copies of Windows Vista using a spoofed server that Microsoft relies on
> to make sure enterprises switch on the new operating system.
>
> The software, loaded with the long name of
> "Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server-MelindaGates" is
> available on several pirate Web sites. It spoofs a Key Management
> Service server, one of the two technologies that Microsoft debuted last
> month that let businesses activate a large number of copies of Windows
> Vista. KMS requires that at least 25 PCs be connected to a corporation's
> network.
>
> Vista is the first version of Windows that Microsoft requires volume
> license customers to activate. Besides KMS, the Redmond, Wash. developer
> also offers Multiple Activation Key, which resembles the retail
> version's activation process. PCs activated using KMS must reactivate at
> least once every six months.
>
> The MelindaGates hack uses a VMware image of a KMS server to activate --
> and keep activated -- a pirated edition of Windows Vista Business.
> "Looks like Windows Vista Volume Activation 2.0 is a big
bust," wrote a
> user identified as "clank" on the PirateBay Web site Friday. "
>
>
> Excuse while I dry my tears.....& stop laughing...
>
> Oh dear me.......
>
> Adam

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