SP1 - Newest Hack Fools Vista Genuine - Again

Posted By: a ! | Feb 11th, 2008 @ 4:49 AM
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#Feb 11th, 2008 @ 4:49 AM
a !
a !
http://search-e​ngines-w​eb.c​om/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1267

It does seem that Microsoft hasn’t been successful in closing off all the hacks that allow non-genuine copies of Vista SP1 to pass off as genuine ones.  After a few minutes of searching the darker corners of the Internet and a few seconds in the Command Prompt I was able to fool Windows into thinking that it was genuine, turning this:
#Feb 11th, 2008 @ 5:02 AM
Chadk
Chadk
excuse me - do you has a flavor?
One of those screenshots seems photoshopped. Notice the text, they dont seem anything like each other. One is really thing, the other is kinda bold.

#Feb 11th, 2008 @ 5:59 AM
Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil
Pour me a cab, 'cause I can't drink no more.
Chadk wrote:
One of those screenshots seems photoshopped. Notice the text, they dont seem anything like each other. One is really thing, the other is kinda bold.



ObXkcdRef:

Photoshops
#Feb 11th, 2008 @ 2:37 PM
RichardRudek
RichardRudek
So what do you expect for nothin'... :P
I think this kind of thing is called herding. You get everyone migrate to using the new hack, and then close the gate on 'em... Wink

#Feb 11th, 2008 @ 2:41 PM
intelman
intelman
These articles are annoying, #1, the origional poster didn't input their own opinion, we all have rss feeds... and #2 this particular article, is anyone surprised, does anyone care? Channel9 is a sad sad place. A few topics are interesting, but it has gotten pretty sad lately.
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