Vista and Office 2007 Cracked

[Melbosa]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/vista-gold-but-cracked-already/2006/11/14/1163266532925.html

Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 only just went gold, and their anti-piracy measures have already been cracked.

Various pirate websites have a version of Vista available to download, called "Vista BillGates".

It comes supplied with a product key, allowing users to install the operating system on their computers unhindered.

A second patch - a separate download, called an "activation crack" - must also be applied. This bypasses the activation process used by Vista to ensure that each installation is legitimate.

The same pirate sites also have Office 2007 Enterprise editions available for download. Users simply need to enter a supplied product key, since this version of Office does not require product activation.

Vista and Office 2007 went gold only last week, meaning that the code for their initial release has been finalised and released to manufacturing.

Mass-licence or business users of Vista will be able to buy a copy from November 30, while the release of the consumer edition is scheduled for January 30 next year.

Office 2007 will be available for purchase by consumers at the same time as Vista.

Microsoft declined comment for this story, but it will no doubt work quickly to stamp out the piracy of its products, which it should be able to do fairly easily.

Microsoft is capable of deactivating pirated copies by sending a patch through Windows Update, and it can also invalidate certain product keys.

The software giant has taken similar measures previously with Windows XP, preventing users that it had identified as using pirated versions from downloading certain updates such as Internet Explorer 7.

hehe gotta love how fast the hack and crack community is

[Lazybones]

1. Office is just a corporate Volume Key leak
2. Vista is a hack that was done by replacing system files with ones from the beta.

Both are unlikely to work with ANY future updates.

[Melbosa]

Aye but hey, still funny to see.

Didn't expect any initial cracks/hacks would last long.  Never do . 



So "point your finger/I told you so" responses people have on these boards lately .  Have a drink on me! 

[Shayne]

I really like Office 2007, and its pretty much the only one of those 2 i will "find", but if i get Vista, i will just buy it.  Probably the least I can do seeing as every second im on my computer is a second im using it.

[Shayne]

Well, the Office 2007 works

[Melbosa]

LOL just got the MSDN version of O2K7 Pro installed here at work.