Microsoft is building in strict and punitive "protection" controls into Windows Vista and next Windows Server to ensure that consumers and business customers are properly licensed and using legal ...

The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he’d created could generate valid Windows Vista activation codes has admitted that the crack was cracked. “Fact is the brute force keygen is a joke ...

A Web site posted a tool yesterday that can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force — and lots of time — to come up with valid product keys, circumventing one of ...

Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end run around one of Microsoft’s key antipiracy measures, Windows expert Brian Livingston said Thursday. Windows Vista ...

"We are actively monitoring these types of piracy and counterfeit situations, and will take action on any Key Management Service (KMS) or Multiple Activation Key (MAK) keys that have been reported as ...

The software, loaded with the long name of "Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server-MelindaGates" is available on several pirate Web sites. It spoofs a Key Management Service server, one of ...

Hackers are distributing a file that they say lets users of the corporate version of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system get around the software’s anti-piracy mechanisms. Windows Vista must be ...

I should preface this email in saying that I evaluate all IT products for the company I work for.<BR><BR>I have been evaluating Vista for the past 4 months. I purchased the System Builder Edition (OEM ...

The Microsoft Software Protection Platform, unveiled formally on Wednesday, requires that all customers consumers who buy PCs and business customers with volume licensing agreements activate their ...