Windows 10: Microsoft continues campaign to shut down stupid software pirates

Microsoft continues campaign to shut down stupid software pirates
Like a bank robber who uses the same get-away car dozens of times, alleged thieves used the same IP address to activate more than 1,000 copies of Windows and Office

Raed more: http://www.computerworld.com/article...e-pirates.html

 

loved the Action Pack and Tech Net......was a good cheap way to allow people to play with MS software. I really miss Tech Net and probably if I could would pirate a copy of MDOP that would work for Windows 10, too me that was always the best program.*Smile

:)

 

Clipboard viewer for windows 10

This does NOT "clear" clipboard contents, only displays the text. smh

So 3rd party intrusive software, or *sign out* vs shut down / restart?

Significant insecure loophole to leave running & why hasn't it been fixed via the mythical all-Solving continuously improving Win10 Updating process...

 

Cast to Device in WINDOWS 10

It is stupid to have to go into Task Manager to shut down Cast to Device once a movie is finished. There's an X on the top right and that should be enough to shut it down. This is an issue that Microsoft really needs to fix asap!

 

Good on Microsoft as us the genuine ones don't mind paying for it, and why should they get away with it,
My friend brought a second hand laptop from a shop and when we went to update it found that office and windows 7 were not genuine.
Took laptop back to shop and they told him sorry we wont take it back as they said it was no good to them.
So now got trading standards involved and they are taking them to court under the sale of goods act, so he should in time get his money back as found out it was a guy in the shop, who used to own the laptop,

 

Who said crooks are always smarter than us ?

 

Please be careful of what you say, statements supporting software piracy posted here are likely to get you banned permanently from the Designer Media Forums. We do not support any form of Software theft

 

Agree with you fully there.
Piracy cost us money and buy a computer with not a genuine copy on it is not on

 

I might be a bit thick but surely every computer you buy has Windows installed and licensed anyway (unless you get a really expensive development version from Dell running Ubuntu or a Mac or something).

Who are there pirates? How did they manage to buy a PC without an OS? Is it even cheaper to buy a PC without an OS?

There questions are rhetorical -I'm not looking to break forum rules or anything I just honestly don't understand how you could end up unlicensed. @hTconeM9user said his friend bought PC with unlicensed Windows 7, presumably it did have a licence at some point. So what did the PC shop do? Throw the license away?

Obviously Office you have to pay extra for, but Windows?

I think it is almost impossible to get a PC without a valid Windows installed.

 

I have rarely bought a PC with an OS installed, except for laptops - I build my own systems and I have legitimate sources for my OS so why pay twice *Wink

 

Well yes (and actually I use MacBooks so I had to buy Windows licences except for the free one I got through insider program).

Most people buy laptops from the supermarket or whatever and definitely they come with windows installed.

I don't see why these dodgy shops all have cracked Windows 7 Ultimate installed. It is like pointless thieving as when the original purchaser got it it had 7 Home or Pro or whatever and no-one (except us techie people) cares about the version.

Like I said, perhaps I'm thick.

EDIT: You don't have to agree with that last sentence if you don't want to.

 

What had happened was it did not come with windows 7 on it, and to be able to sell it he used a disc with windows 7 on it that had been used 3-4 times before.
All together 4 laptops sold from that shop all had the 16 figure code on them.
Since this has happened he has been sacked for conning and the shop hopefully will have to make the money good
On bottom of laptop was a sticker with XP on it so the laptop was older than was sold for

 

OK, I forgot about that, you are right. You had to pay for upgrades in the past....

 

I thought the Smiley Face *Smile said it all

 

I sure wish MS could clamp down on pirates. They steal from the people who put all of that time to create a great product for us.