Just some thoughts on Vista and the pirate-torrent-desaster-thing that
ever existed when software gets released.
Please read carefully to see my standpoint, before you try to turn my
words in the wrong directions - thank you!
what is this chinese link to the edonkey-file ?
That is not the Vista Operating System, it is a WindowsDriver-Development
Kit which is real rtm and is indeed for the Vista rtm build
Vista Retails buildnumber will be likely the same build-tag ( 6000.16386
compiled on 1st November ) , but definately it hasn't appeared anywhere on
the web for downloading.
What has leaked yet of the rtm ( by some geeky russians that had their
hands on a preview build and couldn't resist to steal some parts ? :
some dozens wallpapers
a incomplete new iconset
the Sidebar.exe plus new gadgets and the whole explorer.exe with
file-properties that refer to build 6000.16384
the startup sound and the bitmap-data of explorer.exe and control.exe (
i.e the wallpapers inside the controlpanel ) and the imageres.dll that
has all the new icon-links in it.
With these resources that can be found all over the net it is manually
possible to mockup any vista-build to look like what the rtm is to be
expected to look like, that's all.
Basically you only need the wallpapers and sounds, icons and have a
"rtm-clone", as far as I know the bootscreen wont change ( i.e. the green
loading-bar will stay in the final ), but who cares about stuff like
that--
I do not support or encourage piracy when it comes to retail-software,
don't get me wrong.
I have preordered my Vista HomePremium a few days ago and I look forward
to the shipping. also I am running genuine XP pro on my laptop and genuine
XP MCE on my desktop, no question - I pay for my OS. I always did.
beta and RC Software is a bit different and I measure this not the same :
To download a beta via alternate channels is quite ok I think, becuase it
is timebombed anyway and unstable, so you don't really want to run a beta
allday, even if you could.
When you look in my mailer-header you will see that i am running build
5840 of vista rtmbranch, and where have i found this ? right. Like I said,
this is no matter to me because it is a beta, regardless what the
buildstring says. And as soon as I have my final Vista my HDD gets
formated anyway to set up all clean. So if I run this the next two months,
does anyone really care ? it is just for me - to have the latest vista-rtm
near OS here running to check compatibilit and so, If I get in trouble
with this build or have bugs, sure - there's nobody that I can ask for
support - that is the risk when running a "leaked" build.
Also it runs as eval for 30 days if it is not being doctored on.So again,
this is no piracy at all.I could even have found the dvd on my doorstep
Anyway, when the first vista-retail dvd is in the hands of a private user
it will take only hours until it is uploaded to a torrent-tracker, a few
days later it will be available in any language and edition one can think
of - that is how the web works today.
Whenever a game is released the pirates have their hands on it, for
example - the sims 2 were available on the net together with a working
crack before anybody could buy the boxes.
Vista will be copied like hell that is sure and of course they will
attempt to break and crack it.XP was hacked and available via XDCC on irc
before it went retail. And now don't say "SPP,WGA and WPA.." - I can tell
you that already methods exist on how cracking SPP is going to be managed
and even Activation-tricking/hacking of the RCs and Pre-rtms is already a
fact. I have seen it in action, even if you all now will say it is not
possible - it is, ms will learn that very soon and will rethink the SPP
thing. ( like i said I do not welcome it, but I like to see what
software-protection is propaganda and what is really unbreakable )
Again, the russians are really clever guys, and so are the chinese and all
countries that have tech-freaks but have simply no money to afford MS
Windows and because they find a crippled starter-edition very sarcastic
they will take the code and will reverse engineer like hell.
They collect all CTP-Build ever released and go through every bit of the
code if necessary. Don't just see these people as some criminal freaks,
they are clever enough and could very well work for MS in their buildlabs
as paid engineers to develop real-working protections.
back again to the leaks of Vista
this pieces of 6000 are floating the net, but no complete build until this
minute. All downloads claiming to be build 6000 are fake or renamed older
builds, or the said driverkit.
Yes, there are people out to make just fun and rename huge files to
something else. A filename vista.6000.rtm_goldmaster_en_us.x86.iso could
very well be unpacked a homo-porn or the complete ElvisPresley-LP
collection, just renamed to fool people.
Anyway like I said - vista_rtm will very very soon be on every pc but like
Andre da Costa has said :
it will function as a Evaluation Demo, that is what MS is supporting.
because as in the rtm build still the setup-option with no key will
exists as far as I see it by now ( i have seen the setup.cfg file for
build 6000.16384 which has the default ProductKey "built in", if the user
enter no Key ).
So, SPP must then show IF it is working.
and it will be a race between pirates and MS .Who wins ? Time will tell.
I have my Vista Premium retail shipped to me next year and will upgrade my
XP MediaCenter to it and will have no needs of any "workarounds", don't
worry.
And I wont tell anybody how to do it but will encourage anyone to buy
vista.
But as I said - most users will want to have it free, as they were used to
from Win 3.11 on by just "lending the floppies"..
SO - Please don't entitle me a Pirate or whatever - I am only a realistic
person . So should all of you see this - monitor the net and make up your
minds and do not buy all propaganda, just get it into your mind that
everything gets pirated, yes. And if someone tell you 2how stupid you are
to have paid for that" , well, yes.
Sometimes I feel stupid, but I like to have ease on my mind, that's more
worth than money I think.and my XP CoAs sticked to my PCs/Laptops make me
a bit proud, because that is what the Pirates don't have - they have no
Packages,no support-hotlines,no hologram-discs and no coas - and in the
case of MCE even no Remote-control - becuase hardware cannot be downloaded
SBJ
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