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 ...

The Microsoft Software Protection Platform, unveiled formally on Wednesday, requires that all customers consumers who buy PCs and business customers with volume licensing agreements activate their ...

A Web site posted a tool yesterday that can apparently crack Windows Vista’s activation process by applying brute force — and lots of time — to come up with valid product keys, circumventing one of ...

Microsoft doesn't get enough credit for one major change in Windows Vista. Using the standard Setup program and installation media, you can install an evaluation copy of any Vista edition and use it ...

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 ...

With the release of Windows Vista and Longhorn Server coming relatively soon, Microsoft is looking to try a new form of product activation with its volume licensing customers. Through Volume ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story was reprinted from Computerworld. For more of Computerworld’s coverage of the Mac, visit its Mac Knowledge Center. A Web site posted a tool Thursday that can apparently crack ...