Windows 7's new anti-piracy tech

[admin]

The new system is called Windows Activation Technologies (WAT), and, so says Microsoft’s general manager of Worldwide Genuine Windows Joe Williams, will make life harder for pirates, even moreso than SPP did over WGA.

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/10679-windows-7s-new-anti-piracy-tech/

[drfsupercenter]

I give it 24 hours after it comes out

[Abuilder]

From story:

Williams observes they're "seeing fewer copies of non-genuine Windows Vista on customers’ machines

I would guess that fewer copies of pirated Vista being found is because People didn't like it, so they went back to thier good old pirated XP or moved up to 7 RC.

[gonwk]

I have just gotten used to Stupid Vista ... so they can keep their Windows 7.

G!

[doctorhardware]

That is because that state of the windows is being hidden much better than in the past.

[atifsh]

Williams observes they're "seeing fewer copies of non-genuine Windows Vista on customers’ machines

because they didnt know or dont want to talk about oem activation.

[photo_angel2004]

From story:

I would guess that fewer copies of pirated Vista being found is because People didn't like it, so they went back to thier good old pirated XP or moved up to 7 RC.

LMAO!!

[MilesAhead]

I have just gotten used to Stupid Vista ... so they can keep their Windows 7.

G!

On 64 bit you're not missing anything. Feels just like Vista64 with a Superbar. I'm waiting for Sandboxie to come out with W7 32 bit support so at least I can use it on the 2 GB machine. Other than Superbar, and some of the services being toned down so as not to hog your HD so much, the main thing I like is being able to use themes without having to hack system files.

Plus there are some file versioning things not on Vista Home Premium but you can get access to shadow copies of files using Shadow Explorer freeware. It's just not as convenient as using the property page buttons.

[drfsupercenter]

Well it would make sense that most of the pirates don't like Vista... and hey, the reason you can't get viruses on a Mac is that nobody uses Mac, not even the hackers!

[doctorhardware]

drfsupercenter, your comment about Mac's not getting hit with virus's you are wrong. They are now being hit with sybots now. The computers are being controlled like MS OS computers are. I saw this article on inside tech about the Mac's getting hit.

[drfsupercenter]

Well it's still the same idea - it took them quite a while to put out viruses for Mac.

There were a couple known exploits for Linux systems too... but people can just be careful and not need to worry.

[admin]

Microsoft's stuff are easier to exploit due to their design philosophy, which is to try and take the easy road as opposed taking the right road, in terms of design for security. For example, it might be easier to force all new accounts to be Administrator accounts in Windows, because Windows users are used to it, as opposed to making default accounts that won't give the user (and whatever program he runs) root access to everything.

Mac/Linux by default is designed not to require the use of a root account for anything other than making the most drastic changes to the system, so it's a safer design. However, this doesn't mean it doesn't have exploits, it's made by human beings after all, and so there will be malware on Macs/Linux, but it will be harder to produce.

[drfsupercenter]

Well I think the main reason Windows is so vulnerable is because it's the most popular and most used operating system.

Hackers wouldn't have any use in an OS that not many people use, would they?

I mean, look at Firefox - it was supposedly super secure... but now just about every virus/malware I've come across gives popups and ads on Firefox, just like on IE...