Mar 06
Mar 05
More than a year after Windows Vista was introduced, hackers have finally developed a clean crack of Windows Vista. There have been a variety of workarounds for Vista’s copy protection before now, but this is the first time someone has figured out a way to install a cracked version that would pass all of Microsoft’s various anti-piracy checks. It seems that certain OEMs found the activation process too burdensome and persuaded Microsoft to provide them with a way to bypass it in order to save their own customers the hassle.
Mar 05
Mar 05
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Mar 04
Mar 04
I’ve now carried out well over a hundred Vista to Vista Service Pack 1 upgrades. While many of the upgrades I carried out were experimental and done on test rigs which I considered to be sacrificial, quite a few have been key production machines which I cannot afford to have out of service for any extended period of time.
Mar 04
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Mar 03
Mar 03
Last week, Microsoft announced that it was cutting retail prices for Vista. In one way, this is pretty historic. I’ve been watching Microsoft for two decades, and I can’t remember a time when it’s actually cut the price of Windows. It doesn’t say much for the retail demand that should be fueled by upgraders, but that’s to be expected given Vista’s high hardware demands. In the end, though, you can’t read much about Vista’s ultimate success or failure from this move.
Mar 03
Mar 03
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