Windows Genuine name is about as popular as cancer and the Boston Strangler

jmke · 8th May 2009, 16:09

Microsoft has changed its anti-piracy systems on Windows 7 to make its slightly less annoying. Redmond is still using the policy of requiring a user to electronically verify their copy of the software and will periodically validate that a copy of Windows is genuine.

However what changes is if the software thinks that there is something wrong with the validation. In Windows Vista, if a user does not activate their software immediately, they get a warning. The dialog box offers two options, to activate immediately or to do so later. If you click the 'later' option you have to wait 15 seconds before you can use the OS. However in Windows 7, users can click activate later immediately, but then get a dialog box touting the benefits of activation.

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...65&It emid=38

9th May 2009, 08:01

should read 'Boston strangler' I assume

jmke · 9th May 2009, 08:21

that makes more sense

The Senile Doctor · 9th May 2009, 17:15

the boston strangler!
he's going to mangle her!
You can't untangle her
From the Boston Strangler

jmke · 9th May 2009, 17:20

Quote:

The Boston Strangler is a name attributed to the murderer of several women in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in the early 1960s.

ah, that explains why the Doc remembers this

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062755/

8th May 2009, 16:09	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Windows Genuine name is about as popular as cancer and the Boston Strangler Microsoft has changed its anti-piracy systems on Windows 7 to make its slightly less annoying. Redmond is still using the policy of requiring a user to electronically verify their copy of the software and will periodically validate that a copy of Windows is genuine. However what changes is if the software thinks that there is something wrong with the validation. In Windows Vista, if a user does not activate their software immediately, they get a warning. The dialog box offers two options, to activate immediately or to do so later. If you click the 'later' option you have to wait 15 seconds before you can use the OS. However in Windows 7, users can click activate later immediately, but then get a dialog box touting the benefits of activation. http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...65&It emid=38 __________________

9th May 2009, 08:21	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	that makes more sense __________________

9th May 2009, 17:15	#4
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	the boston strangler! he's going to mangle her! You can't untangle her From the Boston Strangler __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

9th May 2009, 08:01	#2
Jaco Posts: n/a	should read 'Boston strangler' I assume