How’s Your Weekend? Oh Yeah, Vista Is Already Leaked And Cracked?
Last night I made a comment that Vista has been leaked and it appears that it is true. Since then I have received a flood of emails linking to torrents and others that all link to what is referred to as the “Bill Gates” version of Vista. I’m not gonna post any torrent links because Microsoft doesn’t look kindly on that but it’s out there and you don’t have to look very hard.
At the time I didn’t feel it was necessary to make a post about Vista being leaked but now I have also received a flood of emails saying that Vista is already cracked. It looks like that is also true and the instructions can be found on the torrent networks. They require you to perform a few different steps so it isn’t as easy as a download-and-run crack but it should only take a few minutes of your time.
There has also been a lot of talk about Office 2007 being leaked as well but I haven’t taken the time to scope that out yet. I’m still in awe that, if the crack actually works in Vista, it only took someone less than 24-hours from it being leaked to break it! I think Microsoft needs to get some hardcore hackers on their security team because it should definitely take longer than a day.
Thanks to everyone who sent me an email on this!
Please don’t post any RapidShare/Torrent links in the comments because I’ll have to remove them. 
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There’s one thing I’ve learned in my many days pirating things
It’s never pirate your OS.
Because if that craps out on you.
You’re screwed.
Then don’t let it crap out on you.
Didn’t I tell you – 24 hours. hate to say I was right
I’ve always pirated my OS, and it’s always perfect. Torrent the ISO, and “obtain” a cd key from school or something
Ryan,
When I subbed to Cybernetnews a couple of months back it came across as yet another somewhat interesting tech blog. Over the months I have started to consider it the best tech blog I read (and I have been reading quite a few well known ones, in addition to yours.) So keep up the great work – and Thanks!
PS: Just to clarify, this comment has NOT been prompted by this specific post.
Utimate edition? (picture)
i’m not sure yet if i’ll use a pirated copy. i might just switch to 100% linux if vista is too much of a pain in the ass.
one thing is for sure – there is no way in hell i’ll ever BUY vista. i cannot stand the thought of putting another dollar in the pocket of some dirty ms exec.
The current crack is more of a temporary fix from what I have seen. It will treat the final release as an “evaluation copy” similar to the pre-release versions. It will end up expiring May 31, 2006 but I’m sure a full fledged crack will be out by that point.
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I have been pondering a switch to Linux myself but I just don’t think that is possible. There are too many Windows-only applications that I use everyday and they just don’t work with Linux, even with Wine.
While I do have a hard time forking out the money for Windows it doesn’t happen that often and I think the Microsoft team actually deserves it because of the hard work they have put forth. I didn’t think I would be able to say that but Vista’s stability and appearance is quite nice.
Well you can always count on Microsoft to spend tons and tons of money on useless anti-piracy measures so that they can jack up the price for the rest of us, not to mention putting us through a bunch of extra hassle with all their genuine advantage crap.
I have used “copies” of Windows as my OS for years, however, I will be buying Vista and actually be legal with my OS for the first time in many years. I will be buying the Ultimate edition.
Now I do have a sister that works at a University and has access to get software really really cheap, including Windows. They have the XP Pro full version for only $49.00 and I only assume that they will have Vista as well, although i am sure that it will be more expensive.
My dilemma is, will it be a grey area of legality as it is intended for academic faculty use only? They are only allowed to buy a single copy and I would be the one using it instead of here.
Otherwise, I will just fork out the cash for the full ultimate version. I agree with Ryan’s comment above that it is not every year that a new Windows OS is released and they (MS) have done a fine job with it. Besides, it is one piece of software that runs 24/7.
Ryan, what Windows-only apps are you referring to in the above comment?
It is a little bit of a grey area because I will probably be given a license to Vista through my university’s MSDN Academic Alliance but I am not supposed to use that license after I graduate from school. I’m sure there is a similar thing with purchasing the software from a university as well.
Photoshop CS2 and Dreamweaver 8 are my two big ones that I use on a daily basis but there are several other smaller ones like SnagIt, TimeLeft, and Windows Live Writer to name a few. Most programs have a comparable Linux solution but they often don’t have the extensive feature set that I have found these programs to have.
For Microsoft, it doesn’t matter, is Vista poorly secured from being cracked or not. Because Vista WILL BE cracked anyway, no matter, how long/hard it will take to crack it.
Let up all remember that every software company’s anti-piracy measures have been cracked and every software company has issues with insecure code. Microsoft is alone here. Adobe, Apple, Oracle…the list can go on and on.