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interesting article about Vista OS piracy

My understanding of Vista's protection is that it does not prevent access to critical security updates to non-legit installs. It simply disables the bells and whistles and generally makes it a PITA to operate.

 
According to this:

Windows Vista will have new antipiracy technology that locks people out their PCs if the operating system isn't activated within 30 days after installation.

If Vista is not activated with a legitimate product registration key in time, the system will run in "reduced functionality mode" until it is activated, said Thomas Lindeman, a senior product manager at Microsoft. In this mode, people will be able to use a Web browser for up to an hour, after which time the system will log them out, he said.
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Computers with Vista preinstalled should already be activated, so it won't be a hassle to your average consumer.

No more volume license keys either - Microsoft believes that about half of the piracy of their products are because of volume license keys that don't require activation... and from what I've seen as a tech, they're probably right.

We admins will at least have some alternatives so we won't have to manually activate individual PCs during mass rollouts. According to the article, Microsoft will distribute Multiple Activation Keys (MAKs) and enable the ability to configure a proxy system activate multiple keys at once. Alternatively, admins can configure a Key Management Service (KMS) to activate client machines.
 
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