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[News] Microsoft Just Won't Leave the BIOS Alone...

Amidst Boom, Warning Signs On The Horizon

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| Reports about the crack started circulation online a few weeks
| ago. The method uses a feature that allows system builders to
| qualify new computers as licensed by inserting a short digital
| marker in the BIOS. Upon detection of this special marker,
| Windows XP and Vista bypass product activation and anti-piracy
| checks.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2187590/microsoft-mulls-counterattack


Yesterday:

WARNING!! There is windows in my.. BIOS!!!!

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| From my laptop's Bios download page
| 
| This BIOS is ONLY for use with Windows Vista. Please do not install this
| BIOS for use with Windows XP, or other Windows versions. 
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2705017#post2705017

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