Ars Technica

Dell, Vista Product Key and a problem

I just received a nice new Dell Latitude. It came with "Genuine Windows Vista Business Bonus-Windows XP Professional downgrade" which means it has media for both OSs. Both are 32-bit and being the ...
ZDNet

Vista Hands On #1: What you need to know about product keys

When you buy a retail copy of Windows Vista, the most important part of your purchase is the product key that comes with it. That 25-character key determines which Vista edition you're allowed to ...
Computerworld

Vista activation crack a ‘joke,’ says hacker

The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he’d created could generate valid Windows Vista activation codes has admitted that the crack was cracked. “Fact is the brute force keygen is a joke ...
Ars Technica

Hackers release workaround for Vista’s enterprise activation

Back in September, Ars discussed two ways that Microsoft volume licensing customers could activate Windows Vista. One method, the Multiple Activation Key (MAK), required that machine keys be ...
Odessa American

IT’S GEEK TO ME: Finding your current Windows Product Key and what’s the deal with DeepSeek

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Referring to your article in the nwfdailynews.com website titled ...
Macworld

Vista activation crack a ‘joke,’ says hacker

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he’d created ...