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Vista service Pack 1 spells disaster for Fake Vista users.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 01:26PM 
Microsoft's Vista SP1 is due to go out any moment from now. If you have been using vista for the last few months, you should (like me) be relatively excited.
Windows Vista has been slammed for being significantly slower than XP, the operating system it was meant to replace.
I have no complaints about Vista Sp1 however what caught my eye today is this paragraph I read from he Microsoft website.
When the update is installed, no functionality of your operating system will be affected. If no activation exploits are detected, the update silently exits. If activation exploits are detected, you will be provided a link to a Web site that describes how you can remove the activation exploits. When the activation exploits are removed, you may be asked to use a valid product key to activate your copy of Windows. If you do not want to remove the activation exploits, Windows may disable the activation exploits and then ask you to use a valid product key to activate Windows.
What this means is, if you used third party software to avoid/bypass the validation of your product Key. You will be asked to submit a valid product key to download Sp1.
Cheaters never win with Microsoft. The same thing happened with SP2/3 of windows XP. People should know by now that eventually if you want to experience all the benefits of Vista. You have to pay. Bill Gates could use the extra cash to get back on top as the richest man.
Related; XP users beware SP3 = Vista clone
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Reader Comments (2)
Awesome article and great information to share. I am not a fan of Vista yet, but hopefully one day.
If MickeySoft put half the effort into improving their technology (as in throwing out Windows and starting over with a Linux base, much as Apple did with OSX and BSD) as they expend trying to enforce their archaic and totatitarian licensing scheme, they might come up with an OS worth paying for.
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