Vista SP1 blocked piracy cracking, activation mechanism detailed

Although the final version of Windows Vista SP1 has not yet come, but smart and anxious users have been online through the "crack" & Windows;

While paying attention to the improvement of system performance and reliability of Vista SP1, many users are also very worried about the activation problem.

In fact, Microsoft does intend to block the two most commonly used piracy activation methods in Vista SP1, while changing piracy reminders and pushing piracy detection patches.

First of all, Vista SP1 will remove the previous feature streamlined mode (RFM), even if it detects piracy, it will not disable the system function, just a reminder.

At the end of the 30-day activation grace period, you will see the following prompt the user login:

Here Microsoft requires users to immediately activate Vista, or wait for 15 seconds after selecting slightly After activation. If you choose to activate now, Microsoft will provide multiple activation channels. If you cancel, you can still enter the desktop, but the desktop wallpaper will be canceled, the background will be set to black, and the tray area will be activated by bubble prompt.

Even if users choose to ignore the reminder, the wallpaper changed your favorite pictures, Vista desktop every hour will reset to black, and continue to remind. The user then either endures the dark desktop and the constantly popping bubbles, or activates the system.

Next, Vista SP1 will block two activation methods commonly used by pirated users: OEM BIOS and timer adjustment. The latter naturally includes the time stop method and the time extension method. The former has a software simulation method and a hardware refresh method. There is no doubt that software emulation will be disabled, but Microsoft has not confirmed whether it will disable the hardware refresh method at the same time. The latter should still work properly considering OEM issues.

Users who activate Vista using the timer adjustment method are immediately required to reactivate after installing Vista SP1, but there is a 15-day grace period for using the OEM BIOS method, which is determined by Microsoft's OEM policy.

Of course, the soldiers will block the water and cover the land. It seems that the strict ban will not completely eliminate piracy. Now there are some countermeasures.

Finally, Microsoft will launch an upgrade patch via Windows Update from the end of this month to detect whether the user's Vista RTM/SP1 system uses the OEM BIOS method and timer adjustment method to activate the system. the early restoration requires the following dialog box:

so even if you do not install Vista SP1, Windows Update have to be careful in the patch, do not install Windows XP WGA similar kind of patch.

Also note that the patch will only continue to detect and will not block piracy activation. Of course, this is not to say that Microsoft will let the pirated users go. Later, it will release a separate download to remove the piracy activation method. In the future, the two will be integrated and the pirated users will be blocked directly through Windows Update.