Activation Changes in SP1 (VLK changes too)


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It was on activewin and theregister today.

http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/act...indowsxpsp1.asp and for the VLK information http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/resourc...ys_winxpsp1.asp

I will just quote a few bits worthy of note.

Repair of activation circumventions

Service Pack 1 for Windows XP will contain fixes to cracks used by software pirates to circumvent activation. Installations of Windows XP patched by a crack will require activation after SP1 has been installed.

Access to Windows Update

Access to Windows Update is likewise reserved for licensed users. Windows Update determines eligibility for access to its service by checking that the product key used to install Windows XP is valid and was manufactured by Microsoft. When a user visits the Windows Update Web site, two pieces of information are transmitted to Windows Update: the product ID, and a hash value of the product key used to install Windows XP. (A hash value is a one-way mathematical transformation. This value is transmitted in lieu of the entire product key to safeguard privacy and security.) Windows Update compares the product key hash value and the product ID to a list of valid, Microsoft-manufactured product keys. Because this list is very large?about 1 billion values?the information must be validated on the Microsoft side. Once Windows Update validates the transmitted product key hash value and product ID, it discards the information. Neither the product key hash value nor the product ID are stored by Windows Update, and no personally identifiable information is required to access Windows Update.

Free Ride over? From that it seems that the BlueListe Keygen will not be affective anymore.

TheRegister say this 'PID Checking' will not come into effect until the 2nd of October. So we have just over a month after SP1 hits the web to wait and find out if the axe is about to fa:pirate:ate:

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Damn Microsoft, those 'reverse engineers :pirate:' better get to work after SP1 is released :D

Radish.

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