A Web site posted a tool yesterday that can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force — and lots of time — to come up with valid product keys, circumventing one of ...

The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he’d created could generate valid Windows Vista activation codes has admitted that the crack was cracked. “Fact is the brute force keygen is a joke ...

The Microsoft Software Protection Platform, unveiled formally on Wednesday, requires that all customers consumers who buy PCs and business customers with volume licensing agreements activate their ...

On the 9th, Vista decided it wasn't active anymore and needed reactivation, giving me 3 days to do it. I left it a day and it changed to 2 days.<BR><BR>I linked that to a drive swap + image which I ...

The software, loaded with the long name of "Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server-MelindaGates" is available on several pirate Web sites. It spoofs a Key Management Service server, one of ...