Also the fact that WZT did no more than the recreation of Bob65536's tool can also be seen in the screenshots that are in the article. You can see an activated system on all screenshots that feature the pid info on GVLK keys, but the Windows 8.1 Pro for Education not activated, as the pid info on it displays a retail key. The fact that the PIDs in the System Properties bottom area on each shot differ from the PIDs displayed for the keys in his pidchecker, also confirms he tried to post a fake. Then: generated GVLKs can always be activated against a KMS server as they are not validated against Microsoft. This is why we see activated systems on screenshots that feature GVLKs.
I wonder how people even come to believe that it's possible to crack, reverse-engineer (or whatever you'd like to call it) an algorithm so easily in a way to build a keygen that is able to generate valid (= activatable) product keys given the fact that this particular algorithm is responsible for generating keys for millions and millions of software licenses, and an entire business is depending on its strength. It's serious business, and it just cannot be that easy. I've to admit that I don't know much about product keys and how they work, but if I had to implement a system for differentiating valid from non-valid keys, I would do it like this: compute a private value X (a hash, if you will) for each key generated, store it in a database on a server, and check for a match on activation attempt. I mean, this would imply that even if you manage to find out the algorithm to compute that private value X, it won't be of any use as you cannot activate it because the key/value X pair is not present in the database on my side. The safest way to validate something is to have a parameter to check against that only you know about.
I guess there's nothing fancy in the key itself, the thing to go after is the "secret value generation algorithm"(quoting your words) that let windows to recognize the input confirmation ID's as legit and declare itself activated, while everything is done off-line - it makes the recognition all on its own.
look if they released updated iso's for GA (rollup A) and then again for VL customers with rollup B (in december), i cant believe they wont release them for such a huge/significant update.
WZor @WZorNET Microsoft has rebuilt 17024 MSUs. No ISOs (yet) nothing exciting. waiting... however, M$ has confirmed a special status of rebuilt MSU's .. wzor post this for minutes: WZor @WZorNET 13 Min. our sources confirmed, re-built 17024 it is still RTM Escrow! by WZ pic.twitter.com/ZEUcCVdWHx
Nope, the same Enterprise will be offered. The pkeyconfig and EditonMatrix are very unlikely to be changed at this stage.
I have encountered few bugs while using windows8.1 upd1 , IE 11 not working some times ,bittorent some times are dead ,cpu usage up to 20% ON idle.... waiting rtm ........ tik tak be happy
I have experienced none of those issues, but I haven't changed my language from en-us. Have you changed your language before or after applying the updates? I have a feeling the updates available for download will be newer versions once the update is released to the public.
It's kind-of nice to see MS working out the bugs before releasing a huge update for once I wish they would have just done this stuff before they released 8.1 though.