Piracy Win7 is versatile New activation technology can curb Win7 piracy

At the beginning of the new year, Microsoft China offered two swords to encourage users to use genuine and curb piracy. The first is to start the Windows activation technology, through this technology to provide users with genuine Win7 activation and verification, after the user update, can detect more than 70 known and potential Win7 dangerous activation crack program, so that I can confirm on my computer Whether Win7 is genuine or not; the second is to announce that the trial version will be withdrawn from the market, and adopt the method of “shutdown restart, black desktop”, etc., prompting Windows 7 beta users to make backups and then install the official version of Win7. Whether Microsoft's move can curb Win7 piracy has caused concern in the industry.

Piracy Win7 is a variety of things

February 20th is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. The reporter has visited three or four IT stores in Zhongguancun, Beijing. The store is relatively deserted, and customers who purchase electronic products are Not many, some merchant stalls are still closed and not open.

On the second floor of the e-World Electronic Store, the reporter consulted three or four merchants selling software, CD-ROMs and computer peripheral products as consumers. As long as customers want to buy pirated Windows 7, merchants are very happy to respond. Get the goods, prices range from 10 yuan to 30 yuan.

A merchant who sells software told reporters, "There are quite a few people who have bought a cracked version of Windows 7 in the past few days. Some people even hold a notebook to request direct loading." The reporter saw that the merchant counter There are some CDs with packaging on it, and Windows7 is not seen in the genuine color box. A staff member at the counter took a CD from the counter and handed it to the reporter. He said that this is a cracked version of Windows7. It only sells for 10 yuan. It does not need to be activated. Just follow the prompts and install it directly. There will be no "restart". Or "black screen."

The same is pirated Win7, a business staff on the first floor of Hailong Electronics Store has offered a price of 30 yuan to reporters, and stressed that the goods are genuine: "Those 10 dollars of Win7 are easy to use. If in doubt, you can take The laptop is installed on the door to ensure that the notebook runs smoothly, but it costs 100 yuan."

A staff member of a network technology company in Beijing told reporters that there are many pirated versions of Win7 sold in the IT store in Zhongguancun. Win7 is a beta version downloaded online. It is hard to say whether the cracked version of Win7 can be used.

The machine can be installed randomly.

Not only the merchants selling CDs and software sell pirated Win7 privately, but some of the operators in the Zhongguancun IT store also secretly don operating system.

A staff member of a technology company saw the reporter's consultation and assembled the computer, and enthusiastically pulled the reporter. He had to write a configuration list for the reporter. The configuration list lists the accessories, specifications, price, warranty period, etc. Wait. The reporter tentatively asked if the operating system could be sent. The staff immediately promised that it could be given free of charge and installed and debugged on site.

In the Zhongguancun IT electronic store, the reporter asked four or five merchants who assembled computers. If the reporter asked for it, these merchants said that they could install the operating system randomly.

The reporter found that the machine operators have long been accustomed to the requirements of the customer to give the operating system. A downtime merchant said: "Assembly computers are originally designed to save some money. Generally, few users are willing to spend a few hundred yuan and thousands of dollars to buy an operating system. The price is too high. The Metropolis requires a pirated system to be used. "

A person in charge of a computer dealer in Beijing told reporters: "The pirated operating system with the assembly machine is an open secret in Zhongguancun or elsewhere. It is not the merchants who are willing to do this. They are only passive." Satisfy the user's requirements. Zhongguancun electronics store is not likely to control pirated software."

Cracked version of Win7 why the heat

Zhongguancun IT store some merchants told reporters that these days There are a lot of users coming to crack version of Win7, which may have something to do with a notice recently released by Microsoft.

On February 21st, the reporter logged into the home page of Microsoft China official website and saw a notice about Win7. The notice said: From February 15th, Windows7RC (candidate version) will appear to be due soon. A reminder dialog prompts the user to make a backup and then install the official version of Win7. From March 1st to June 1st, computers running Win7RC will be restarted every two hours. From June 1st, the system will continue to restart every two hours, in addition, the system will turn Windows into a pure black desktop background. The user can change the desktop background color, but will change back to a pure black desktop background every 60 minutes. And the "This copy of Windows is not genuine" prompt appears in the lower right corner of the desktop.

Microsoft specifically reminded users in the notice that the legal version of Windows is installed to replace the original Win7 beta. An industry insider told reporters that some of the computer users who used the Win7 beta version just saw this notice and went to Zhongguancun to find the cracked version of Win7. Although these users can't bear to give up using Win7, but perhaps because of the higher price of Win7, they turned to piracy. In an interview with the Zhongguancun IT store, the reporter learned that the retail price of the Win-dows7 ordinary home version of the color box package is about 400 yuan, and other versions sell for a higher price.

For the Zhongguancun IT store to sell the so-called cracked version of Win7 is exactly what the merchants said, can be activated, and will not restart, black screen phenomenon, this person said that it is not easy to comment.

Spears and Shields are getting more and more competitive

Since Microsoft released Win7 last October, pirated Win7 has followed. With the popularity of Microsoft Win7, the momentum of its piracy has also begun to rise, and the risk to users has increased.

On February 17, Microsoft announced a technology update for Win-dows to verify that the operating system used by the user is genuine. If the non-genuine user installs the update, the computer desktop wallpaper will turn black after the 30-day grace period.

In fact, as early as the release of Win7, Microsoft has begun to provide users with genuine Win7 activation and verification through activation technology. The Win7 Windows activation technology update program will detect more than 70 known. And potential activation crackers, and can repair the changed system files. Wei Qing, general manager of Microsoft China Consumer and Online Marketing Department, said that in the future, Microsoft will continue to release new updates based on the new activation cracking program.

Although anti-piracy is technically upgraded, Microsoft has given a special policy to Chinese users. In China, Microsoft’s time to request users to download and install this update via WindowsUpdate has been delayed until the summer. Still to be determined.

In October 2008, the black screen of the Microsoft Genuine Product Enhancement Program Notice (WGA) and the Office Genuine Value Added Program Notice (OGA) was still impressive, and its anti-piracy move triggered China. Consumers are strongly dissatisfied and cause widespread doubts. "From the point of view of its detection and activation of cracking technology and its constant updating, Win7 has more powerful anti-piracy technology than the original, but in China's practice, Microsoft is obviously more moderate than the last time." IT commentator Sun Yongjie said.

Sun Yongjie believes that the game between piracy and anti-piracy is like a struggle between viruses and anti-virus software. It is difficult for both sides to come and go, and it is difficult to have the final outcome. Specific to Microsoft's Windows activation technology, with its constant update, to some extent will curb or increase the difficulty and technical threshold of piracy, but to completely eliminate piracy, the most realistic way is to let more users Realize the benefits of genuine and the dangers of piracy, and then use genuine software. Because there are more users using genuine software, the market for natural pirated software is small. In this sense, Microsoft's Windows activation technology update is against piracy, and Microsoft is doing everything possible to protect itself and the interests of users who want to use genuine software.

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Zhongguancun IT Store Clears Piracy Software Merchants

According to the "New Beijing News" news before the Spring Festival, Beijing Zhongguancun Dinghao, Hailong, Science and Trade and other stores announced The supervision of software stores is upgraded again. Unruly merchants will be punished by closed stores. Today, only 1-2 authorized software distributors are reserved in many stores.

Hailong Electronics Marketing Department said that in December 2009, when Hailong made floor adjustments, it re-invested. After the investment, there are only two qualified software stores in the store, 5 and 6 floors, of which 5 storey software stores mainly sell games and animations.

The person in charge of the market of Science and Trade also said that the store will monitor the merchants every day, and if they find violations, they will be fined or closed. "There are basically no retailers selling software CDs in the store. There are only two merchants that are qualified to be certified."

The rules for Ding are stricter. Its marketing department staff said that if the store finds someone selling pirated CDs, they immediately close the store. It is said that after the adjustment of the property of the store, there are already few merchants selling software CDs, and the stores are basically no longer renting booths to retailers selling software CDs.

According to the reporter's understanding, many stores have now raised the review of selling software merchants when they are inviting merchants, and they have stated that they are prohibited from selling pirated software when signing contracts. Once the pirated merchants are detected by the store, the contract will be immediately revoked and the merchants will be cleared out of the store.