Windows Vista’s KMS System Stolen, And Is Activated

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Microsoft has thought up new ideas for activation for their new operating system, Windows Vista. It involves one PC on the network running special Microsoft software called "Key Management Service". This makes it so large businesses don't have to keep in touch with Microsoft servers every time they want to activate a version of Windows. All they have to do is make a brief connection with a network PC. The downside of using a KMS system is that the activation is not forever, and will expire in 180 days. Microsoft says this is to prevent people from taking their computers to work, to activate it forever.

Pirates have managed to get a hold of the KMS image, which is due to be released next year. The image runs perfect in WMware Player. The "crack" is dubbed MelindaGates, which makes sense because Vista's first crack was called BillGates. All you have to do is download the KMS image via BitTorrent. Vista will detect the server on your network, and activate the copy.

The only versions of Vista to accept KMS keys are the business versions (Business and Enterprise), so obviously it won't work for Ultimate or anything else. As usual hackers/pirates are the only people to not be effected by Microsoft's efforts to stop piracy. It's always the consumers who buy the product that end up getting pushed around.

News Source: ApcMag

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