Vista 32-bit activation BIOS crack hits the street

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Vista 32-bit activation BIOS crack hits the street

by Grant Robertson Mar 13th 2007

You can coat anything in a rich creamy layer of activation security but the software cracking scene will still find a creative way around it. A post on Digg points to a brand spankin' new Vista activation crack which promises to be a big pain for Microsoft.

According to the FILENetworks Blog, this Vista activation crack represents a giant leap forward from previous Vista activation "workarounds". Using an installable software driver, the Vista BIOS emulation crack fools Vista into the belief that it is running on top of an approved vendor's BIOS, apparently opening up validation free licensing similar to what an OEM would receive.

We at Download Squad obviously don't support the distribution of pirated software but, we do marvel at the lengths some bedroom software crackers will go to have the latest and greatest scot free.

Tags: activation crack, ActivationCrack, vista, windows crack, windows vista, WindowsCrack, WindowsVista

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Taomyn said 12:45PM on 3-13-2007

Talk about behind the times - someone comes along and GUIfies the original procedure by the Paradox team which was release last week, and it's suddenly news again.

Slow news day perhaps!

Sam Cornwell said 1:19PM on 3-13-2007

hacking is wrong... *in other news* does anyone know where i can get a Microsoft/Vista Soda can like that pictured & others. I collect soda cans and would pay a good bit to get my hand on a couple.

John said 3:28PM on 3-13-2007

Ask Jeff Wilcox. ;)

bp said 9:03PM on 3-13-2007

"...will go to have the latest and greatest scot free." Yeah, it might be the latest, but obviously, it's not the greatest.

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