From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

First off Vista appeared on't net before on't shelves & now.........

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602710&subSe
ction=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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