Archive for the 'Activation' Category
Microsoft still out on plugging Vista BIOS crack
Friday, April 13th, 2007Microsoft says it’s monitoring a method that allows users to install pirated copies of Windows without tipping of built in anti-piracy protections, but isn’t yet committing to closing the loophole. It all has to do with a feature dubbed OEM Activation: a method that allows system builders to verify the authenticity of a Windows copy, [...]
Recover from Reduced Functionality Mode
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Did you forget activate your computer within 30 days of installing and it is now stuck in reduced functionality Mode? Are you not yet ready to activate your copy and want to extend the activation period another 30 days or for longer? Using a slick Internet Explorer trick you can break out of Reduced Functionality [...]
How to run Vista legally without activation for at least a year
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end run around one of Microsoft Corp.’s key antipiracy measures, Windows expert Brian Livingston said today.
Livingston, who publishes the Windows Secrets newsletter, said that a single change to Vista’s registry lets users put off the operating system’s product activation requirement [...]
Vista activation cracked by brute force
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft’s unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. There is an active thread at the Keznews forums (account needed), and a summary on its main page about the crack. It is a simple brute force attack, dumb as a rock that just tries keys. If it gets one, you manually have to [...]
Vista Still Seems Buffeted By Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Falls Positives
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Hello, my name is Alex and I’m apparently running a bogus copy of Windows Vista. At least that’s what my computer told me earlier today after I booted up. Funny thing is, I got my copy of Vista directly from. . . Microsoft. Apparently, I’m not the only one with this problem. If you troll [...]
Extending the Vista Activation Grace Period to 120 Days
Friday, February 16th, 2007What if 30 days isn’t enough time to decideif you want to pay extra and upgrade (or legitimize) a copy of Windows Vista? After all, an operating system is the basis for anyone’s computing experience, and is that is unlikely to change until the next big release rolls around – which Bill Gates confirmed could [...]
Twist in the Windows Vista 2099 Activation Crack
Friday, February 16th, 2007The Windows Vista 2099 Crack has evolved yet again, providing an answer to why Microsoft has as yet failed to issue WGA update for the workaround that it has acknowledged since the first day of January 2007. The next step of the Vista 2099 Activation Crack is TimerLock Automated Batch Install Script.
Run Vista for 120 Days without Activation Using SLMGR Rearm Function
Sunday, January 28th, 2007A previous tip pointed out the SLMGR.vbs script that you can use for license related tasks in Vista. The D’ Technology Weblog points out one of the things you can SLMGR for; extend use of Vista without activation for up to 120 days. By default, Vista will run fully for 30 days without activation, after [...]
Microsoft to Handle the Vista Timer 2099 Crack
Thursday, January 4th, 2007Do you think you’ve cleverly bypassed Vista activation? Have you implemented the Windows Vista Timer 2099 Crack. Well, You won’t be able to enjoy your Vista for long…The Timer 2009 Crack is the second Windows Vista activation workaround confirmed by Microsoft. Yesterday, a representative of the Windows Genuine Advantage team revealed that the Redmond Company [...]
Vista Suicide Bomb: who gets hurt?
Sunday, December 31st, 2006If you read just one thing over the holiday break, make sure it’s Peter Gutmann’s cost analysis of Windows Vista, that we noted here. It’s an eye opening 20 minutes. Gutmann describes in great detail the various measures Microsoft has taken to lock down Windows on behalf of Hollywood. This isn’t a comprehensive look at [...]
