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Many other news sites have just picked up the original article believing that it's legit. We have already updated our original post from last night and are posting the following to correct any disinformation out there.
Has Microsoft adopted an even tougher stance on piracy? According to recent e-mails warning of new, harsher anti-piracy measures in Windows Vista, that was believed to be the case.
Australian PC World printed an e-mail Tuesday it says was sent from a Microsoft representative to an unspecified large Vista OEM distributor. The e-mail describes a new initiative which renders computers running a pirated copy of Vista unusable by making the screen totally black.
Microsoft was quick to debunk this e-mail warning of a Black Screen of Death. A Microsoft representative told Wired News "the reporter received inaccurate information," and that the company has not rolled out any updates to Windows Vista's anti-piracy platform.
Posted by pfunkman (1 posts) on Thursday, Sep 13, 2007, 9:24 pm
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It was not a hoax but rather Microsoft pretending it was a hoax after receiving some flak.
What the original article said would happen is exactly right and microsoft has even gone as far as to make a video for its resellers saying the exact same thing.
If you want to see it for yourself set the date in your bios back a nmonth or 2 and install vista but dont activate then change the date to the current one and watch as everything described in the e-mail happens.
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