Vista Cracked By Pirates Before Release

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It seems that Windows Vista RTM has already been cracked. According to APCMag

The activation crack is a separate download, and works by replacing the licensing components with components from beta builds. Then using a product key from Beta 1, Beta 2, RC1 or RC2, the Gold version of Vista can be activated online.

In this sense, it’s not a true crack – it’s simply leveraging off compatibilities between the betas and the Gold release. Vista still needs to be activated, and it looks like for the moment, there’s no way around that.

It’s impressive how they managed to get a copy so quickly. [via A Welsh View]

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