Is the Bios mod Windows 7 Activation method permanent?

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by wasserkool, Aug 7, 2009.

  1. Lenmaer

    Lenmaer MDL Addicted

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    Because they don't have such a list. And what would happen if they a made an error and deactivated official OEM computer, like it happened once with XP and it's buggy wga?
     
  2. Reign_Of_Freedom

    Reign_Of_Freedom MDL Expert

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    M$ can't afford to lock out thousands of legit users. Could you imagine the backlash M$ would have to deal with? Lol
     
  3. spedia

    spedia MDL Senior Member

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    You say M-$ don't have such a list. But it's easy to compile such a list for a new release like Win7. e.g. WGA detects SLIC, but mobo is Bubbabyte BB-789, which is not on their whitelist. User gets BSOD or WGA nag.

    Easy?
     
  4. Michel

    Michel MDL Expert

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    #24 Michel, Aug 18, 2009
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    I dont think they can read the bios files with WGA (otherwise they used it in Vista already). Even if they would you can always cr**k WGA like xp. So at the end we are still on the winning side ;)
     
  5. ripee

    ripee MDL Junior Member

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    What's stopping them is the risk of screwing over millions of legit customers for the sake of stopping a few thousand "mad scientists" like us. The PR backlash from that would give Apple another thing to squabble about in those idiotic commercials. In this economy and what with the image that the public has of Vista, MS don't need to dump more fuel in the fire.

    The most that will happen is that each service pack will disable old versions of whatever lo*der that has become popular. But of course, by the time the new service pack is officially made available, a newer version of that same lo*der will already be out.