boingboing.net: Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" cracked in 24h
I am not condoning the use of illegal software. Since I haven't tested all versions of Windows (i.e. Retail, Education, VL, etc.), I would venture to guess that there will be people who will still run into problems even if they have a legitimate version of Windows. This is aimed at those people so that they can still get fully patched (Microsoft said that Security updates will still remain freely available) with all critical patches besides just the Security updates.
Here's the meat:
"Before pressing 'Custom' or 'Express' buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter:
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
It turns off the trigger for the key check."
Thinking on a grander scale, I would also imagine that if there weren't some level of piracy, I don't think Windows would have the acceptance it does now. Again, I don't condone piracy, but sometimes you have to wonder, if Windows was completely locked down from day one, what OS you and I would be using on our computers right now?
UPDATE (8/23/2005): I just had an opportunity to try this hack and it seems to not work. However, it was after several failed attempts, so I don't know if something was written to registry to not allow the hack to work.
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