Microsoft to Launch Anti-Piracy Initiative (washingtonpost.com)
As soon as I figured out that they didn't employ this method with the release of XP, I wondered why. If there is such a complicated authentication process with the installation, why wouldn't there be with updates?
When I was first told about the hacked version of XP, they told me that "all you have to do is not install Service Pack 1; then it doesn't 'phone home.'" The guys said one would have trouble sharing devices over a network, too. What good is a hacked version of a powerful operating system if you can't use the cool features or "phone home" for security updates?
Anyway, I imagine someone figured out how to hack XP and make it look like a legitimate machine to run Windows Update. Apparently that won't happen anymore. It's Microsoft's product, after all. If I wrote a program for money and sold it to a person for five bucks, I wouldn't want the whole town using my program and being productive and successful, leaving me with five bucks. I'd like my part of their success. You can hate Microsoft all you want, but they actually have a great line of products and services, and chances are you're using at least one of them to read this post.
I'm not saying this post wouldn't be possible without Microsoft, but there's no denying that the pair (Bill Gates and Paul Allen) wasn't a catalyst of the PC explosion. Where was I?
Oh, yeah -> the authentication of XP (and succeeding operating systems) in order to run Windows Update successfully should be implemented this year. To find out if you have a genuine installation of Windows, click here.
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