Microsoft Kills Windows 7 Activation Leak

What a load of bull s***!!! Those who use the hack simply want to activate Win7 without filling up Bill's pocket. Once it has been "activated", simply disable Windows Update and the Windows Genuine Advantage mechanism will never get the chance to flag the installation as "pirated"!

Who are they trying to fool? Who are they actually protecting? The "ïnnocent" consumers or their own pockets really???

Let me see if I got this right. Microsoft have created a product that you intend to you, and you feel somehow that getting people to pay for such product is wrong, and that by pirating the such product you're an innocent consumer ??

@nelsonngyw:

You fool! Disabling Windows Update will result in you not getting critical updates that patch security holes and you will get infected.

It's a good piece of software that was produced by everyday normal people that worked hard on it for a living, so just pay for it!

any one remember the Pic "Buy Vista or we will Kill this dog "

TIme for some clarifications ...

Firstly, "Microsoft's primary goal is to protect users from becoming unknowing victims". The ones who apply the activation hack are mainly the users themselves who simply wants to activate windows without putting money into Bill's pocket. So, how can MS's goal be to protect users from becoming unknowing victims when they are the ones who choses to install the activation? So, in a sense MS is using this statement of so called "protecting users" when in fact they are more concerned with their own bottom line.

And fk121, yes there are many people who indeed want to use MS products BUT does not want to pay for it. And for clarification, I owned 3 laptops which all came preinstalled with licensed copy of Windows XP and Vista and this activation hack simply does not apply to me. As for softwares, I'm using 100% freeware and open softwares on all my laptops.

Secondly to Phyre, do you really think installing all the critical updates are going to protect your computers? No matter how many updates and patches you have applied, there are many more holes that have yet to be discovered. These are the exploits that are more dangerous than the known holes. The only way we are going to protect outselves is to exercise due diligence when we are on-line. Be aware of what is safe to open and to click on, as well as recognise possible social engineering in progress. This is the first and most important line of defence and will protect outselves from all known and unknown exploits. Simply updating to the latest patches and clicking on every damned links or opening every damned attachment is not going to do any good.

Finally, please ask Vista customers who paid good money to buy Windows Vista on the day of launch. They ended up being "beta" testers to MS and have to wait for SP1 before Vista is acceptable to use. These testers ought to be paid by MS instead for testing their softwares. And Vista with SP1 is still not perfect. SP2 is coming soon, which ought should have been the Vista was sold to public in the first place. Have we also forgotten how crappy Windows ME was despite all the hype MS made when they launched it in Year 2000?

These are just my humble opinions. Have a nice day.

If you want an OS for nothing, download a Linux distro, especially if you don't want to "fill up Bill's pocket".

Oh wait, Linux isn't so good at running the games you don't buy because you don't want to fill up the pockets of EA, or Ubisoft, eh?

No, they aren't doing this out of the kindness of the hearts, or concern over the security of their customers. But if you don't think their products are worth paying for, why do you use them?

well, ofc MS is concerned with the bottom line, it would be silly to think they aren't. They aren't some Government funded organisation with unlimited pockets. They are after all, a public listed company traded on the Nasdaq. And Windows 7 didn't happen overnight in the back of someones garage. Personally, I preordered a few copies of Win 7, which is a new for me, since my OS is normally preinstalled (whether I like it or not ). I just need to wait 6 more days before I can start using Windows 7, legally.

Let's face it , piracy exists and always will. Why an individual chooses to take the piracy path varies.
Personally if a reliable activation surfaced for Win7 then, I would use it until the pre-paid order I have made for HomeE arrived October 22nd just to have the most reliable version of Win7 and not have to rearm it all the time. £80 for a legitimate Windows is nothing IF it works properly which Win7 does seem to, unlike Vista.

As for other pirates, you can argue with them as much as you like, there is no changing their minds or what they feel is the validity of their reasons/justifications to pirate software.

The "leaks" will be continued until every user on the planet uses win 7. MS will milk them later. Good old MS tactics.... Wake up people...

Nothing like a fresh box from Microsoft to call your very own!
I of course am a member of MSDNAA, and so I shall be upgrading from the Professional edition I will be getting for free, to Ultimate for a small price

IMHO OS distros should be for free for simple home user and non profit organisations like schools, etc. Commercial organisations and home users who would like to get premium service it could cost some money, it is still a big piece of pie, isnt it?

I thought there was a genuine point they have about downloaded operating systems that aren't from anywhere 'official' - if activation can be 'worked around' then there's a posibility (I'm not saying it's a big one) that some malicious code gets inserted to do nasty things. As well as protecting their own business, there is at least a modicum of protection to consumers from trying to clamp down on illegal versions.

Personally I don't plan to buy it unless I feel a huge urge to upgrade or if I get a new computer. There's a fair argument as to whether it's priced right, whether MS manipulate people etc - but if you don't want to pay what they're asking for the OS then don't use it. It's not like there being a better OS than you have currently means you have a right to possess it

If this had happened after a few hundred thousand PC's had been released to market they would have been stumped as they would have had no way of knowing who was genuine and who wasnt. You dont need auto updates on to get them its just easier. You are free to review them on the MS website and download what is relevant to you. But then again those who use pirated/cracked software would most probably have another source of these updates anyway.