gHacks technology news » windows 7 patch http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:38:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Windows 7 OEM Activation Crack Already In The Wild http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/30/windows-7-oem-activation-crack-already-in-the-wild/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/30/windows-7-oem-activation-crack-already-in-the-wild/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:08:43 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14900 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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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/30/windows-7-oem-activation-crack-already-in-the-wild/feed/ 13 Unlock Windows 7 M3 Build Locked Features http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/10/unlock-windows-7-m3-build-locked-features/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/10/unlock-windows-7-m3-build-locked-features/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:51:26 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8185 The Windows 7 M3 build that Microsoft distributed at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Los Angeles made its way to various P2P networks less than 24 hours after the distribution. It became known shortly thereafter that Microsoft did lock some of the features of the upcoming operating system in that build including the new Taskbar or the Desktop Wallpaper Changer.

Patches were created to unlock some of the features but until then no one did create a patch that could be applied to unlock all locked features in the build.

That wait is over now because Rafael Rivera created the Blue Badge tool to patch nine Windows 7 system files and unlock all locked features. It has to be noted that the files will not be backed up before the patches are applied.

A user wanting to apply the patch should make sure that they backup the files before applying the patch. Some of the features that will be unlocked are the new Taskbar and the wallpaper changer.

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