Microsoft Updates Vista in Latest Piracy Crackdown

December 15th 2006 | Microsoft

Microsoft today released an update to Windows Vista that will shut down unauthorized versions of the OS that allow users to skip the product’s activation system. The move comes as pirated copies of Vista are already making the rounds, mere weeks after the product was released to business customers.

The update, which Microsoft has dubbed "frankenbuild," detects tampering of Windows Vista code that would allow users of the OS to work around the product’s built-in activation system, which requires users to validate their copy of Vista with a product activation key to use the full version of the product after 30 days.

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Microsoft Updates Vista in Latest Piracy Crackdown
Published in: Microsoft on 2006-12-15