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Author: | squidward_ [ Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Deactivating Windows |
My IT teacher told me that if someone is pirating either Windows XP or Vista, Microsoft can break into that person's PC, and send a program to it to deactivate Windows so that when the person next turns on their PC, they will get a big schock to find it has ''somehow deactivated itself''. Is this true? |
Author: | Craig [ Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:25 pm ] |
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This is partly true, although its not classed as breaking in. If you do some research into WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage), you will find that they can de-activate and give the user a warning. However WGA was a opt-in update. |
Author: | squidward_ [ Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:06 pm ] |
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I thought that was in Vista it deactivates itself if not genuine? Can WGA deactivate Windows XP as well? |
Author: | motherboardlove [ Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:18 pm ] |
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squidward_ wrote: I thought that was in Vista it deactivates itself if not genuine? Can WGA deactivate Windows XP as well?
No. It just nags you, and stops you from getting new updates |
Author: | squidward_ [ Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:07 pm ] |
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But before WGA, could Microsoft send a bot program into your computer to deactivate Windows XP, and if you had Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office? |
Author: | mrpijey [ Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:13 pm ] |
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Not really. A firewall or router would still stop them. Sure, a download could be initiated from the client and ran that deactivated Windows, but if that happened then every antivirus company would flag that as a backdoor, and Microsoft would get massive badwill and sued by countless companies. Regardless that piracy is illegal, it's also piracy that do keep Microsoft on top. A big chunk of Windows users do actually run a pirated copy, and if Microsoft enforced such a intrusive method people would abandon it fast. Or crack it ![]() |
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