Tag: GENUINE-ADVANTAGE

...And so the epic struggle of Microsoft versus pirates continues. Last week Microsoft and Lenovo went tag-team on the first activation workaround, which utilized a leaked OEM product key. "Nice try, pirates!" said Microsoft. "Your key has been blacklisted and will never see again the light of day! Ha HA!" The also touted the fact that Windows 7 has improved methods of detection of hacks like ...

Getting your hands on the WIndows 7 RTM build isn't really that hard at this point. It's all over torrent trackers and other file sharing networks (including the meatspace "can you burn me a copy" network). That's only step one, of course. Without a valid key to activate your copy, you're dead in the water eventually. However, just as it happened with Windows Vista, there's already been a Windows ...