Who's Running Vista?

[cooldude75ph]

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It seems that a certain group has found another way to make any Win Vista x86 installation a permanent one bypassing the activation without the need for any bios-reset switch or trial re-arming.

Microsoft allows large hardware manufacturers (e.g. ASUS, HP, Dell) to ship their products
containing a Windows Vista installation that does NOT require any kind of product activation as
this might be considered an unnecessary inconvenience for the end-user.
Instead these so-called 'Royalty OEMs' are granted the right to embed certain license information
into their hardware products, which can be validated by Windows Vista to make obtaining further
activation information (online or by phone) obsolete.
This mechanism is commonly referred to as 'SLP 2.0' ('system-locked pre-installation 2.0') and
consists of the following three key elements:

1. The OEM's hardware-embedded BIOS ACPI_SLIC information signed by Microsoft.

2. A certificate issued by Microsoft that corresponds to the specific ACPI_SLIC information.

The certificate is an XML file found on the OEM's installation/recovery media,
ususally called something like 'oemname.xrm-ms'.

3. A special type of product key that corresponds to the installed edition of Windows Vista.

This key can usually be obtained from some installation script found on the OEM's
installation/recovery media or directly from a pre-installed OEM system.

If all three elements match Windows Vista's licensing mechansim considers the given
installation a valid system-locked pre-activated copy (that does not require any
additional product activation procedures).

So the basic concept of the tool at hand is to present any given BIOS ACPI_SLIC information to Windows
Vista's licensing mechanism by means of a device driver.
In combination with a matching product key and OEM certificate this allows for rendering any system
practically indistinguishable from a legit pre-activated system shipped by the respective OEM.

[obemon]

^^There seem to be a race at the moment of who can crack Vista the most painless way. I wouldn't be surprised later on if a 15yr old German kid comes up with a 15kb crack that bypasses activation and can successfully download and install Windows Update.

[joco_ph]

bios ra man....set ra ang year to 2099 ba toh before the install. after install pwede ra nimo i.set balik. mo prompt lang siya for activation but dili mo expire. naa na daghan baligya sa muslim

Hello there guys!!!

I need your view on this, we're going to buy vista license (Windows Vista Business 32-Bit English 1Pk DSP OEI DVD) to change our current XP OS gradually. We couldn't change all the pc's to vista immediately coz' some users are connected or using database application which vista haven't tested it yet. Most of our PC hardware are DELL, IBM & HP with 512MB RAM, 80GB hard drive & 1.6Ghz up processor.

Do you think this is a good idea & right time to migrate into vista?
When it comes to performance, security & reliability; ok na ba ang vista?
Is there any tools or utilities that you have been used it in XP tpos wala na midagan sa vista?
2003 Server or Windows 2000 server are compatible with vista?
Also symantec anti-virus corporate edition compatible sad ba?

Thanks

kung P4 pa imo PC, ayaw sa lang pag vista. Tried it on P4 2.4Ghz with 1GB of DDR RAM . Hinay compared sa Windows XP...plus it will eat up around 7GB of your hard disk for the OS alone.

[teeemoy]

adah! pamalit mo oi! pakwartaa sad na gamay si tito bill...

[cen]

Hello there guys!!!

I need your view on this, we're going to buy vista license (Windows Vista Business 32-Bit English 1Pk DSP OEI DVD) to change our current XP OS gradually. We couldn't change all the pc's to vista immediately coz' some users are connected or using database application which vista haven't tested it yet. Most of our PC hardware are DELL, IBM & HP with 512MB RAM, 80GB hard drive & 1.6Ghz up processor.

Do you think this is a good idea & right time to migrate into vista?
When it comes to performance, security & reliability; ok na ba ang vista?
Is there any tools or utilities that you have been used it in XP tpos wala na midagan sa vista?
2003 Server or Windows 2000 server are compatible with vista?
Also symantec anti-virus corporate edition compatible sad ba?

Thanks

Ang answer nako ani ka'y NO. Remember "If ain't broke, don't fix it!".

[tope316]

mga peeps, ok ra bah ng vista bsan 1 Gb ang RAM? .... dli magkamang ang applications or ang system?

plano man ta gud ko mupalit ug laptop nya mahalan pa man gud ko kung 2 Gb ang RAM...

so 1 Gb lang sa... unya na lang ko upgrade.... ok ra bah?

[teeemoy]

games tested:

Need for Speed: Carbon
NBA Live 2007
Sacred
Dungeon Siege
Titan Quest

[mbvales]

Thanks for all the input guys.

Have been tested Vista-Business for desktop PC, MAC book & notebook and so far so good (for notebook need to download vista drivers update)
Database and other applications - supported
Connect to Domain & other tools/utilities - supported
Symantec Anti-Virus 10.1 - supported
More secured than XP

[Silvertech]

Currently Running On Windows Vista Home Premium tapos na tweak ko ang 1 dvd waehehehe thats 665 mb nalang i remove all the futures po sa vista na hindi kailangan to reserve disk space

[bolabog]

VISTA, FOR ME, NOT NOW. GOT MANY PROBLEMS. ESPECIALLY COMPATIBILIY ON ONLINE GAMES. MY FRIEND TOLD ME THAT, EVEN MICROSOFT, THEY GOT MANY CALLS AND PROBLEMS WITH VISTA. GEINGNAN NALANG CYA NGA PADOWNGRADON NALANG CYA TO XP COZ DISSAPOINTED PA CLA SA RESULT. AND ALSO PROBLEMA KAAU SA NAVIGATION. NOT ALL PEOPLE KNOWS VISTA. SO FOR ME, HUWAT LANG KO SA SERVICE PACKS.