Windows Vista volume activation key cracked.
By Mike on Mar 4, 2008 in Hacks/Mods, News, Windows
We all knew the day would come and that day is today. A crack from the pirate group Pantheon has been released that allows Vista installations to be activated and made fully operational. The crack doesn’t use time stamp hacks or exploits for the beta version of Vista. The real news here is the the crack is easy to use.
Apparently it uses part of the same process that large OEMs use that allows them to pre-install Vista on a system without Microsoft verification.
The crack includes certificate files from ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo along with OEM product keys for Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, and Ultimate. It also comes with a BIOS driver that allows certificate information from an OEM to be installed on any machine, regardless of manufacturer.
The crack has been reported to work by Australia’s APC magazine and it passes Windows Genuine Advantage checks. So let the arms race begin but, seeing this crack uses the same process as the OEMs. Its going to be hard for Microsoft to stop. And the entire continent of Asia cheers although they would be better served by switching to almost anything else.
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Lo-couk | Apr 14, 2008 | Reply
Why would anyone want Vista anyway?
admin | Apr 14, 2008 | Reply
good question
Charles | Apr 14, 2008 | Reply
They did this when it was still Longhorn - in beta. If Pantheon is really releasing this now - it’s probably a repack - then they’re REALLY behind the scene. Sorry
Penicilline | Apr 14, 2008 | Reply
Paradox made a patch like that a month after the official Vista release… This is really old…
admin | Apr 14, 2008 | Reply
It is old news. It just got stumbled yesterday for some reason.
The method for this particular crack is suppose to be new as it fakes being an oem process. According too APC magazine anyway. But still this news was released last month.
Bob | Apr 14, 2008 | Reply
Who cares? I wouldn’t use Vista if Bill Gates personally delivered a free copy to my door. Seriously.
I’ll stick with a dual-boot of XP/Ubuntu until XP no longer works, then move entirely to Ubuntu.
TurboFool | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
Gotta love the trolls who immediately insist upon asking who would want to use Vista anyway.
Lots of us, that’s who. If you actually USED the damn thing instead of jumping on the anti-Microsoft bandwagon and being cool by hating Vista, you’d realize it’s actually a darn good OS. I’ve been running it exclusively at home since before its release with no issues, and I now run it on my work computer, as do all of my coworkers, including the owner and partners. Did I mention my company is an IT firm? See, REAL geeks have no problems with Vista and appreciate its new functionality. Fake 1337 geeks still think it’s cool to call Microsoft M$ and joke about how everything they make crashes constantly.
garyvdh | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
Vista sucks donkey balls. Find a way to hack Ubuntu Linux activation and then we’ll talk! :p
admin | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
LOL
GD | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
Agreed…this is really old news.
Dwindle | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
Vista is absolutely excellent, and I will never understand why people hate it so much. I haven’t touched Kubuntu since I got it.
Diator | Apr 16, 2008 | Reply
Vista is OK if:
1- no driver need
2- a lot of ram to waste in eyecandy
3- no serious work going on (in case of a casual BSOD)
4-Want to waste time looking for compatible new software(not to mention the money)
5-You like to be a lab rat of Micro$oft (since in my opinion vista stills in beta lol)
THATS WHY I PREFER UBUNTU
LOOK FOR THE NEW GNOME RELEASE 
I Hate Vista | Apr 17, 2008 | Reply
Maybe they could make a patch that formats the hard drive removing Vista and install ………… well anything else that actually works !
admin | Apr 17, 2008 | Reply
That patch is called a Ubuntu CD.
I Just Love Linux | Apr 17, 2008 | Reply
Admin - I Sooooooooooooooo Totally agree.
VistaSucks | Apr 19, 2008 | Reply
Who wants Vists…even if it is free !
It works like a lame donkey !
Mike | Jun 16, 2008 | Reply
LOL Turbofool (10 messages up). How many of us linux users do u think have never used windows? Most US linux users have used Windows and eventually were willing to give linux a try because of their frustration at windows and eventually decided to stay with linux. So, let me ask you, Mr. Hypocritical, have you ever used Linux?
synchronous | Aug 5, 2008 | Reply
I just want DX10, I still use slack for everything else