« Second Life Security Flow through QuickTime | Home | Nokia Offers Free Music for Every Device Bought »
Windows Vista SP1 to fight Piracy
By Robert | January 9, 2008
There is no secret that Microsoft has huge plans with Windows Vista but we also do know that not a lot of results have appeared to back up the excitement with which the operating system is marketed. During the middle of November we saw a release candidate version of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. According to various reports, SP1 addresses many performance related problems and also comes with a security update aimed at fixing various bugs that appeared since the official launch that took place more than 1 year ago.
Besides what has already been said about SP1, it also looks like Microsoft aims at fighting pirating Vista. According to The Redmond, a Washington based company, there are new features included in Service Pack 1 that will make Windows Vista become less pirated. According to Microsoft, piracy for Vista is less than half of that which is visible with Windows XP. We must also realize that the number of Windows XP users is also a lot higher when compared with Vista so that statistic is not really accurate. It looks like one flow that will be closed stands in one popular method of extending the grace period needed to activate Windows Vista. The current exploit aids the user in extending this period to 120 days, then to one year and another one will help you gain a grace period until 2099. It looks like Microsoft solved this problem and once the 30 day grace period expired nothing will work anymore. A black screen will appear with a dialog box that will tell you that the grace period expired. Also, there will be a stop to the OEM BIOS exploit that allows pirates to edit various system files and the BIOS of a motherboard in order to make Windows think that a genuine OEM system is present. It will be interesting to see whether or not these modifications will aid in reducing the number of pirated Windows Vistas out there.
Topics: Microsoft |
New Vista Service Pack Out and AboutMigration to Windows Vista still Problematic for MicrosoftMicrosoft Windows Files Modified Without NotificationVista Finally Gets A Big Patch
