Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Jul 2009 22:29 UTC, submitted by JayDee
Windows "Windows 7 Ultimate has been cracked. The pirate milestone, reached almost three months before Windows 7 is set to hit General Availability on October 22, 2009, was achieved via OEM instant offline activation that passes Windows Genuine Advantage validation and keeps the operating system permanently activated. Previous cracks weren't as solid: while they may be working now, they can easily be disabled by Microsoft. This one won't be so easy."
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eantoranz
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2005-12-18

downloading Windows 7 from peer-to-peer Web sites is piracy, and exposes users to increased risks - such as viruses, Trojans and other malware and malicious code—that usually accompany counterfeit software
... and also every other lawful Microsoft Windows copy out there.

What a shame. The lawful users will have to cope with WGA (or whatever it's called now) and the outlaws will have a fully functional Ultimate 7. How lovely!

Good thing I don't use Windows on my computers anymore.