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Microsoft: Pirated Vista may be useless
Web sites have already begun circulating pirated copies of Vista and the Office
2007 ahead of their release

By Robert Mullins, IDG News Service
November 15, 2006

Microsoft has said that supposedly pirated copies of its new Vista computer
operating system "will be of limited value" to those who use them.

Microsoft responded Tuesday to reports that said some Web sites have been
circulating pirated copies of Vista and Office 2007.

The pirated Vista comes with a product key that users can enter to activate a
version of the products on their computers without paying for them, a report on
the Web site of The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper said. A product key is a
unique serial number tied to each package of a software product.

A second download, called an "activation crack," can then be applied that
bypasses the activation process intended to guarantee that the Vista OS being
downloaded is legitimate, the Herald reported. Pirated copies of Office 2007
can be downloaded just with the product key with no second activation code
required.

But Microsoft said in a prepared statement that those pirated copies of the OS
won't work for long.

"The copies available for download are not final code and users should avoid
unauthorized copies which could be incomplete or tampered. This unauthorized
download relies on the use of pre-RTM [release-to-manufacture] activation keys
that will be blocked using Microsoft’s Software Protection Platform.
Consequently, these downloads will be of limited value," the statement said.

Microsoft is still looking into reports of pirated versions of Office 2007 and
declined further comment.

"Microsoft is happy that customers are eager to begin using Windows Vista," the
company said.

Microsoft has been criticized for multiple delays in bringing Vista to market,
but has said it wants to take care that the product is designed correctly to
avoid security flaws, piracy problems and other software glitches.

The company released Vista to computer manufacturers on Nov. 8 for them to
build into new laptops and desktops available for retail sale in January 2007.
Consumers can start buying individual copies of Vista on Jan. 30.

Microsoft also plans to have Vista in the hands of business customers by the
end of November. It has scheduled a Vista launch event in New York City on Nov.
30 at which the new Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 will also be
introduced.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/15/HNpiratedvistauseless_1.html

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