[lug] Ah, yes: the much-vaunted Microsoft security

[Greg Horne]

     The corporate versions that has been floating around for almost 2 
months now didn't need to be cracked at all because they (Microsoft)took the 
copy protection mechanism out.  Why you ask?  I think there was a discussion 
on this list about swapping hard drives/ zip dirves/ etc... on business 
trips and how re-activation would cause problems.
    I think it is pointless to get the hacked version (possible issues?), 
when you can get the coporate version (clean and unhacked :)
    Microsoft probably expected this.  Why else do you think they'd take a 
chance with a corporate version?  This makes me wonder...Do you think 
Microsoft will turn the other way just so .NET is more successful???  
hmmmm...

Greg Horne

>From: BOF <bof at pcisys.net>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: BLUG <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>, Clue Talk <clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us>
>Subject: [lug] Ah, yes: the much-vaunted Microsoft security
>Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 05:45:35 -0700
>
>From an article entitled : Microsoft XP Anti-Theft Features Cracked
>within Hours of Product Launch
>
>The anti-theft features incorporated in WindowsXP that Microsoft
>claimed would put an end to software theft were broken within hours of
>the product being launched on 25 October 2001.
>
>Already Crackers have developed illegal installation files that bypass
>the registration process for Microsoft's WindowsXP. These files can
>now be downloaded from Web sites in the Far East and cracked copies of
>WindowsXP, with the protection mechanism stripped out, can be
>downloaded from Warez sites across the Internet.
>
>A little more information, some of it sounding like sour grapes, is in
>the article:
>
>(http://sourcewire.com/General/Frames.php?page=Releases/ShowRelease.php?id=13489)
>
>I just can't stop laughing: Can't Microsoft do ANYTHING right with
>security?
>
>BOF
>
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