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Windows 7 OEM Activation Crack Already In The Wild

windows 7Did anyone really think that this would not happen eventually? That was my first though when I read the news that a Windows 7 OEM activation crack – or patch, does not really matter how you call it – was already available in various P2P networks and other sources.

The crack turns the Windows 7 RTM into a fully activated Windows 7 operating system that is passing all Microsoft genuine advantage checks with flying colors. Softpedia reports that the leaked Windows 7 key came from OEM manufacturers Lenovo and was first spread on a Chinese forum. The OEM activation crack makes it possible to turn both Windows 7 Ultimate versions, that is 32-bit and 64-bit, into a fully activated Windows 7 operating system.

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The bypass designed for Windows 7 RTM involves abusing OEM activation 2.1, and in this regard the circumventing process is nothing more than an OEM hack. Via OEM activation 2.1, namely SLP 2.1, Microsoft allows OEMs to pre-activate Windows 7 for distribution preinstalled on new computers. In this context, the activation bypass process leading to the hacked Windows 7 RTM needs to be based on a BIOS (SLIC) hack first of all.

It seems therefor that Windows 7 is simply following in the footsteps of previously released and cracked Microsoft operating systems like Windows XP or Windows Vista.

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About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

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Responses so far:

  1. Emil says:

    It would be even better if you can explain where to find and how to use this crack. Because I heard that the motherboard bios needs patching in order to work, and I’m not really comfortable in doing that…

    Anyway, the 7600 build is waiting here to be installed :p

  2. alin says:

    Google mydigital life windows 7 forum(Hazar is the key name).It’s method it’s described there,it doesn’t require patching the bios.
    There are several other’s this one is reported as working by most

  3. XYZ says:

    Its only the boot bios whos getting patched.
    Not the motherboard bios ;)

  4. Bill Gates says:

    @Emil

    ” I’m not really comfortable in doing that…”

    You are not comfortable messing around in the BIOS, but you seem to be totally comfortable not paying Microsoft for their wonderful Windows 7.

    • Anonymous says:

      wot ever do you even realize how many people in the world will never ever own a couputer in their life time never mind an over the top price for a plastic disk called windows 7 no wonder so many peeps try to get it for free get a life you greedy b——-

  5. Emil says:

    Windows 7 is out on 22th of October, so it’s not even theoretically possible to purchase it at the moment…

  6. @Emil: Why do you need to know where this crack can be located? You can use Windows 7 for free now, and in late October you will be able to purchase a full copy. Use the RTM until the release date.

  7. Anonymous says:

    man you guys have some weird terminology, wtf is a boot bios, there is a MOBO bios and then some boot loaders and MBR etc that go on the HD, is that what your talking about?

    • muh says:

      activating windows 7 is identical to the motherboard bios, is this add to the mboard bios? I am just curios that the mborad bios will be virused. It is difficult to laptop……..

  8. safgfgt says:

    hi aiam sameh

  9. Gee, Mail!! says:

    I pirated my Ubuntu install! My buddy wouldn’t loan it to me, so I stole it from his desk drawer when he wasn’t looking. I could have downloaded it myself, but why, when this way is easier and faster?

  10. mr bigguns says:

    in response to pirated ubuntu
    it is not possible to pirate ubuntu, it is FREE. SO HOWEVER YOU INSTALLED IT, IT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL THEREFORE NOT PIRATED!

  11. mr bigguns,

    you should go back and re-read what you were replying to.

    He was making a joke and you didn’t get it.

  12. Gee, Mail!! says:

    petemaster5000, leave mr bigguns alone, he is a good friend of mine.
    you however are a kunt.
    i have seen your website and it is definately you. see below.
    copy n paste the link!

    http://www.kuntandthegang.co.uk

    if you don’t like it you don’t have to listen!

  13. mehdi says:

    Please send me product key for windows 7 ultimate build 7600

    thanks

    Shia Islam- Islamic Iran- Golestan

    Gaza Is Karbala now.

  14. dinesh says:

    Please send me product key for windows 7 ultimate build 7600
    thanks

  15. jhoc2x2atyahoodotcom says:

    pls send me a zip file of this activation… plssss… i can’t seem to download it.. i think its because of the complaints coming from microsoft itself… thanks in advance

  16. DESMO says:

    pls send me activation key for win 7

  17. Li-Kun says:

    it seems this oem crack no longer works. windows is telling me its fake and needs to get a real version. does anyone know of any new cracks?

  18. King says:

    Is there anyone who knows how to crack Win 7 Ultimate?

  19. yasin says:

    i have win7 dell but it was not activated how to activate it

  20. sachin says:

    i have win 7 home premium please tel how to activate it

  21. bill gates says:

    Hi, I’m Bill Gates. Friends, listen. It’s true. Windows 7 is just Vista re-branded (call it vista service pack 0). And it’s true, ubuntu and it’s derivatives like linux mint really are better than windows 7. It’s so very very true. We’re done. That’s why me and my wife are giving all of our money away to charity. We just can’t make any more, because we’re done. Sorry for all the bsod’s over the years.
    over and out..
    –Bill

  22. 8882 says:

    i have win 7 home professional please tel how to activate it

  23. Anonymous says:

    ubuntu???
    for whom
    South africa may be

  24. Anonymous says:

    HE…. THAT’S ILLIGAL

  25. Arvindam says:

    Everybody is saying that patching of Windows 7 is illegal.

    Tellme one thing, if someday your car brokes down it engine and you yourself fix it instead of calling a mechanic ( and paying him 20 buks for 10 minutes of work). Is it legal or illegal?

  26. Rain says:

    please send me me a key for windows 7 build 7600

  27. steve jobbs says:

    Apple is just a refaced linux we are so shit we copy other peoples codes i am also typing this on my cracked windows 7. UP YOURS BILL

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