Strike three<http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/windows-vista-brute-force-keygen-a-hoax/> two<http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/04/another-vista-activation-bypass-for-reals-this-time/>for Vista's product activation system: the latest Vista activation workaround is called "Timerstop t2a" which works by automatically renewing the 30 day grace period before the user has to "activate" their presumably legit copy of Windows. Besides the obviously malicious undertone to these kind of utilities, we're certain that there are a whole lot of legitimate Vista owners out there that would prefer to go through this admittedly complex process rather than attempt the normal activation procedure. Just like with DRM <http://www.engadget.com/tag/drm>, anti-piracy PSAs<http://www.ryanablock.com/archive/2007/03/mpaa-detainment-arrest-for-evil-moviegoers/>before movies, and heck, even excessive surveillance <http://www.engadget.com/tag/surveillance>, innocent people tend not to like it when they're treated as suspects. The lesson for Microsoft is that when people want to pirate software, they will: even in the face of increasingly complex activation systems. A pity then that Redmond's fired up photocopiers technically can't copy a function that -- purposely -- doesn't exist in Mac OS X.
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