Post from April 2009 removed as it was no longer relevant.
Please see www.tempusfugit.ca for a full discussion on Adobe Air and DRM in general.
Please see www.tempusfugit.ca for a full discussion on Adobe Air and DRM in general.
Monday, June 7, 2010
KB971033 and MS blocking OEM Product Keys
If KB971033 or a subsequent update actually does manage to sort out the OEM Licenses used to defeat the W7 Activation (Hack or Crack) then another approach may have be taken.
At the moment it looks like that MS are fanning the flames to create smoke for the "smoke and mirrors" on what they have done to deter those that might be thinking of trying to bypass the WAT process.
If would appear that MS have tried this before and this is a quote that I found on the MyDigitalLife blog:
Anyway, even if the leaked 22TKD OEM product key is blacklisted, ultimately a unblockable OEM-SLP product keys for Windows 7 that delivers with computer machine will be leaked when the goods are shipped in October.
This seems to be exactly what has happened. (the October here was October 2009 - it is now June 2010 and MS are getting round to addressing the issue with KB971033)
At the moment it looks like that MS are fanning the flames to create smoke for the "smoke and mirrors" on what they have done to deter those that might be thinking of trying to bypass the WAT process.
If would appear that MS have tried this before and this is a quote that I found on the MyDigitalLife blog:
Anyway, even if the leaked 22TKD OEM product key is blacklisted, ultimately a unblockable OEM-SLP product keys for Windows 7 that delivers with computer machine will be leaked when the goods are shipped in October.
This seems to be exactly what has happened. (the October here was October 2009 - it is now June 2010 and MS are getting round to addressing the issue with KB971033)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Windows Update and Daz Loader
It has been reported that Windows Updates render Daz activation invalid - I have not found this to be the case.
KB971033 has been installed on the computers that I have run the W7Loader by Daz - they all still report as Genuine.
Prompted by search: wga crunch for windows 7 (http://www.buzzcrunch.net/2010/02/wat-update-kb971033-disables-windows-7-activation-cracks-with-dynamic-signature/)
Keep tuned to this blog for updates on how the Activation cracks are working out for me.
Note: the screen-shot above was taken from an Asus 1000HE Netbook that had Windows XP pre-installed. Windows 7 has been installed from a torrent downloaded from a p2p site.
This copy of Windows 7 has been successfully used to install Windows 7 on more than 6 computers so far - all report Windows to be "Genuine".
Computers include the Netbook mentioned, an Acer Aspire One Netbook, 2 Acer motherboard desktops, an Acer Desktop, a desktop with a Zotec ITX motherboard and an aging Lenovo X40 Thinkpad (that was originally Windows XP and was very sick before the W7 install)
KB971033 has been installed on the computers that I have run the W7Loader by Daz - they all still report as Genuine.
Prompted by search: wga crunch for windows 7 (http://www.buzzcrunch.net/2010/02/wat-update-kb971033-disables-windows-7-activation-cracks-with-dynamic-signature/)
Keep tuned to this blog for updates on how the Activation cracks are working out for me.
Note: the screen-shot above was taken from an Asus 1000HE Netbook that had Windows XP pre-installed. Windows 7 has been installed from a torrent downloaded from a p2p site.
This copy of Windows 7 has been successfully used to install Windows 7 on more than 6 computers so far - all report Windows to be "Genuine".
Computers include the Netbook mentioned, an Acer Aspire One Netbook, 2 Acer motherboard desktops, an Acer Desktop, a desktop with a Zotec ITX motherboard and an aging Lenovo X40 Thinkpad (that was originally Windows XP and was very sick before the W7 install)
- Update to Activation problems on The Technology Muse - Including a review of the techniques such as using the Daz Loader.
- All pages relating to Loaders and Windows Activation
- The location of the resources discussed on this blog
Saturday, June 5, 2010
What are your chances of detection by WGA?
It seems to be pretty small.
Using the Windows 7 loader by Daz and then running the MS checking programs downloaded from their website - reports that the version installed is Genuine!
When you download the WindowsActivationUpdate program from Microsoft you are told:
The software that you are about to download works with most browsers. Once installed, it will attempt to repair Windows 7 licensing components that may have been damaged, moved, or deleted. From time to time, this software will also perform a validation check to make sure that Windows 7 running on your PC is genuine and stays that way.
When you run the program on the Daz activated copy of Windows 7 you are greeted with:
Windows validation was successful
Now you can take advantage of all the value genuine Windows provides, including extras!
The same was not found when a copy of Office 2007 Enterprise was validated using (another Microsoft validator)
Using the Windows 7 loader by Daz and then running the MS checking programs downloaded from their website - reports that the version installed is Genuine!
When you download the WindowsActivationUpdate program from Microsoft you are told:
The software that you are about to download works with most browsers. Once installed, it will attempt to repair Windows 7 licensing components that may have been damaged, moved, or deleted. From time to time, this software will also perform a validation check to make sure that Windows 7 running on your PC is genuine and stays that way.
When you run the program on the Daz activated copy of Windows 7 you are greeted with:
Windows validation was successful
Now you can take advantage of all the value genuine Windows provides, including extras!
The same was not found when a copy of Office 2007 Enterprise was validated using (another Microsoft validator)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Acer Revo AR3610-E9032 Review
The Acer Nettop computer system with an Atom 330 (Dual Core) processor, 160G HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and 2G of RAM.
This was the first HTPC configured for a client.
This was the first HTPC configured for a client.
The Acer set-up was as painful as ever - all the "trialware", toolbars and subsequent constant barking to register was the same as it was for the Aspire One Netbook - Apart from it taking an age to complete.
The plan is to swap out the HDD for 500G and do a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit. This should then result in 490G of usable disc space (the Acer install on the 160G drive only gives you 131G before you add any programs of your own!) [Actually a 640G hard drive was installed]
The access to the hard drive and memory is not as straight-forward as its Netbook brothers but there is a You Tube video that shows you how to open the case (a pity about the comments on it though - it really does highlight the marginal value of "social media" - allow comments and you get input from those that have nothing to add about the subject and use the opportunity to post about the iPad and ask questions about Netbooks)If you need instructions on how to upgrade this computer and/or how to perform a clean install of Windows 7 please drop me a line.
The Revo is now being used to access the BBC iPlayer and other Office uses.
revo ar3610 hulu San Jose 4 July 2010
acer revo vt-x bios - 7 Aug 2010 - The Intel Atom 330 does not feature VT-x - so there is no point in looking for a BIOS option to turn it on!
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