Chris Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Microsoft in mid-2005 will put a piracy lock on two of its download Web sites, requiring all Windows XP and Windows 2000 users to validate their copy of Windows as genuine before downloading software, the company said Tuesday. The lock will be placed on the Microsoft's (Profile, Products, Articles) Download Center and Windows Update Web sites, which offer applications such as Windows Media Player and the new Windows AntiSpyware product as well as security updates for Microsoft products. Validation is not required for Windows Automatic Updates, said David Lazar, a director in Microsoft's Windows Client group. Automatic Updates is a feature in Windows that is used to download and install security updates to Microsoft software.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Suppose you can't blame them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Heard this on the radio this morning. I think it's crap.Even if people are running a pirated XP, I'd rather them have their updates than spread all kinds of nasty stuff around the internet.Can you imagine what's going to happen the next time someone develops a Sasser-like or Blaster-Like, worm, or hell, even just another E-Mail bug... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Heard this on the radio this morning. I think it's crap.Even if people are running a pirated XP, I'd rather them have their updates than spread all kinds of nasty stuff around the internet.Can you imagine what's going to happen the next time someone develops a Sasser-like or Blaster-Like, worm, or hell, even just another E-Mail bug...Validation is not required for Windows Automatic Updates, said David Lazar, a director in Microsoft's Windows Client group. Automatic Updates is a feature in Windows that is used to download and install security updates to Microsoft software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Strangely enough, the Sasser fix was not auto-updated on my Win2k machine or my WinXP - I then realized it was useless and turned it off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Whatever the consequences, why should any commercial concern give stuff to people who steal from them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I found this quote referring to this new check :-Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, is expecting the more stringent authentication system to be successful, as Internet attacks become ever more sophisticated and users with pirated copies of Windows become helpless to stop them. "It will create an environment where the pirated machines, if they're connected to the Internet, won't really work," he said.To my certain knowledge quite a few legitimately licensed machines when connected - don't work either ! :) I'm sure lots of these pirates wouldn't mind paying for Windows if i) the price was cheaperandii) it actually worked 100% and wasn't so full of security holes ! :rolleyes: You have to wonder how many extra billions of revenue this will bring in for Mr Gates ?Just out of interest - does anyone know how the cost of XP Home (OEM) varies around the world ?In the UK its - £59.40 with free shipping from ebuyer.com (provided you buy a mouse as well !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Personally, as people become more infected with things because they're running an unlicensed copy of Windows it might benefit Linux a bit as people try to avoid paying for Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Just out of interest - does anyone know how the cost of XP Home (OEM) varies around the world ?In the UK its - £59.40 with free shipping from ebuyer.com (provided you buy a mouse as well !)I got my XP Pro from Ebay for £10 including postage so I should think you could get XP home for the same price, and its legitimate MS says so: :ninja: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Whatever the consequences, why should any commercial concern give stuff to people who steal from them?I agree, if everyone used pirate copies then Microsoft would go bust :o I know a few people in work who are using pirate copies (not me I hasten to add). I think these were Corporate volume licensing keys that somehow got leaked, as there was the same product key on each copy. I was offered a copy, but of course turned it down as I already have the full retail version of Windows XP Home. It cost me £179.99 from PC World and I still have the receipt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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