News/Rumors

Microsoft acknowledges Windows Vista OEM hack

April 12th, 2007 by Brian

(NEWS) (April 13, 2007) Microsoft has confirmed the Vista OEM hack, which has circulated the web in recent months. The story covering Windows Vista Activation crack was first reported by the Inquirer on March 1, 2007, then many Vista users-in-waiting rushed out of the gate and test out the OEM crack, which of course makes Microsoft worried, and that’s how we got the recent confirmation by Microsoft Senior Product Manager Alex Kochis on Windows Genuine Advantage developers’ blog. According to the blog, Microsoft will not take immediate actions against what they called “mad scientists”, and instead, they will focus on protecting their “customers, partners and products.” Does this sound familiar?

Apple releases new (but controversial) iTunes 7.1 for Windows

March 7th, 2007 by Brian

Does the new iTunes fix the compatibility issues with Windows Vista? It adds support for Apple TV and improves the sorting features. One of the surprises comes as it is not fully compatible with Windows Vista. According to the Apple website, system requirements for the new iTunes are only compatible with Windows XP w/ SP2 or Windows 2000 w/ SP4.

Our View: Apple still doesn’t want to give Vista the nod that Microsoft has hoped for. This would be another roadblock to millions of iPod fans who wants to upgrade to Windows Vista. Nevertheless, I have used iTunes on my Windows Vista machine for a while. The only thing that you can’t do is to use the Vista’s “Safely remove hardware” feature on the lower right corner of the taskbar, which would corrupt your iPod. Other than that, I have not seen any issues. As a matter of fact, it runs better on Windows Vista than Windows XP. I believe this is a business decision by Apple to keep millions of users away from Microsoft Windows Vista.

What do you think?

Windows Vista Upgrade Workaround

February 15th, 2007 by Brian

How do upgrade from Windows XP to Vista without buying a full version?

There’re a few articles circulating the web on how to upgrade to a full version of Windows Vista from scratch, and only paying the cost of an upgrade from ealier versions of Windows. This is first reported by Marc Liron on his website.

Here’s how it works:

1. Install the upgrade version of Vista without entering the product key.
2. Wait until the Vista files have been copied across, start the installation again instead of activating it.
3. Completed.

That’s it.

Please keep in mind that this is in violation of Microsoft License Agreement. We highly recommend you to purchase a full version after 30 days trial.