FujitsuFreak Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I broke it. Apparently I removed the "Windows Vista" from the Windows Vista Test Drive. microsoft ------------> me -------> XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 If Apple put something like this up would you try to break it or would you glorify it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 I would still try to destroy it FujitsuFreak, you are the MAN!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Thread cleaned a little. You know I was about to try it and then I saw they wanted an email address and decided to retreat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjoe Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Isn't there some way to extract the product key from a validated machine? You might be able to get a legit key from one of the VMs. i got one, but why would i use it? vista is such a piece of **** you get it from registry anyways, you can like do this to one of those vms: del /f /s /q /a:rhsa *.* DELETES all hidden, system files! Without a confirmation prompt! Forces it to too! (/f) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Where in the registry, might I ask would you find the product key for Vista? The product keys are encrypted in the registry and the only way you could get at them would be to use a 3rd party utility, which you can't do in the VM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Umm, the VM is tied to the ActiveX control. Just uninstall and reinstall and you will get a new VM. And props FujistuFreak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxintosh Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Lets you try Vista in a web browser, fully functional Vista!! In other words it kind of lets Mac users see what it would be like if their Macs had a virus? Who's gonna use IE just for the purpose of this? The same morons that would spend money on something like vista, so I guess they have their demographic pretty well selected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I killed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Nice job Meowy...I'm gonna destroy mine in a few days, once my stuff is finished downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sponkemonke Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 A bit old but BSOD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I think this is actually a very cool and useful way of demonstrating ones product. If Apple did this (they'd have to do something to make it less sluggish), I bet a lot of non Mac users would be amazed at how great OS X is. It'd also be nice of Linux developers would set up preview sites similiar to this for their distributions (I realize thats asking a lot, considering they develop and release their linux for free). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Yeah, but the problem is that many people have less than fast internet connections (like me) and they also may have trashed up Windows 98 machines (ha ha Vista on win 98 ). If some n00b forgot to read the notice that this does not demonstrate actual performance, then they might think that that is how fast Vista really runs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 It'd also be nice of Linux developers would set up preview sites similiar to this for their distributions (I realize thats asking a lot, considering they develop and release their linux for free). Actually I don't think that is necessary, as many distributions provide Live CDs/DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Good point Alessandro, but what about those who have slower net connections and don't want to go through downloading a 700MB image? And I know you're gonna say that people with slow connections wouldn't benefit from a online test drive anyway, but not true. I have a slow connection (only 30 kilobytes per second down), but I find that online OSes like youOS are quite usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 If you have a slow connection you can buy Linux CDs or DVDs from online shops for very reasonable prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forceman Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Yep, at least with a live cd/dvd you can see if it's working proper, check compatibility. Who has slow connections now anyway, most people have a CD-R and broadband. For trying a OS you simply can't beat a live cd/dvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 C:\>shutdown -s -f Ooops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Nobody wants Vista, its crippled, legacy software and my god is it {censored}. Why do microsft not give up on it already, stuff SP1, SP3 for XP, just get 7 out already. Though i do think they should keep selling XP.... Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Wow, how awesome is it to try Windows Vista. People hate you more now. LOL You typed very little but said much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Bit fight of the thread Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalprophecy Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 My virtual machine's internet explorer doesn't even have internet access. If it could get internet access, someone could just download Magic Jellybean Keyfinder which is a simple exe and doesn't require any installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Yeah it clearly says in the instructions on there that net access is disabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalprophecy Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Oh ok, bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 Another way to steal a code would be to compile an app or make a batch script right on the VM that can reveal serial codes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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