From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

An hour is easily enough time to find and download a crack to such
"feature", no problem... 


Antti Kurenniemi

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:4523ed27$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> looks like the wga trojan has been *enhanced* for Vista. MS will let you
> boot but they won't let you run any programs  except the brower for an
> hour. I wonder how long it will take for stories of legitimate user
> lockouts to hit the net?
>
>
> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2388677,00.html
>
> Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista will take much harsher steps to
> curtail piracy than previous versions of its operating system, including
> making computers found to be running unlicensed copies of the new software
> virtually useless.
>
> The world's largest software maker today revealed that people running a
> version of Windows Vista that it believes is pirated will be denied access
> to some of the most anticipated Vista features.
>
> That includes Windows Aero, an improved graphics technology. If a
> legitimate copy is not bought within 30 days, the system will curtail
> functionality much further by restricting users to just the web browser
> included in Vista for an hour at a time.
>
> That means a person could use the browser to surf the internet, access
> documents on the hard drive or log onto web-based e-mail. But the user
> would not be able to directly open documents from the computer desktop or
> run other programs such as Microsoft's Outlook e-mail software, Thomas
> Lindeman, Microsoft senior product manager, said.
>
> Microsoft said it will not stop a computer running pirated Vista software
> from working completely.
>
>

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