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Very good
Very good. It's time Microsoft step up their anti-piracy efforts. I bought Windows Vista when I built my new computer and I could not be happier. It's cheap. Just get the OEM-version and it will cost you almost nothing. There is no support included but most users can do without that anyway.

We can thank all pirated versions of Windows out there for all the spam and all the botnets we have. People can't update theor machines and get infected with everything all the time. It's a huge problem. It's not only pirated windows versions that doesn't get updated but I believe that it is a very big part of it.
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Very good  MrViklund | 02/27/08
They did it right  olaney@... | 02/28/08
Hold the phone...  Wolfie2K3 | 02/28/08
A no win situation  mdemuth | 02/27/08
You know the saying  voska1 | 02/27/08
I agree  gene_fitz@... | 02/27/08
Unlike most software updates, it allows it to continue working  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/27/08
Please indicate an application ....  mrlinux | 02/27/08
Adobe Premiere CS3 (NT)  Mectron | 02/27/08
Nero 8 is another  alabasterdragon@... | 02/27/08
Not Necessarily  fairportfan | 03/05/08
You can also count AVID and some AutoDesk apps as well...  nix_hed | 02/27/08
Alcohol 120%  rtk | 02/27/08
Commercial software that bypasses copy protection...  BitTwiddler | 03/13/08
I guess you got your answer....  HurleyQ | 02/28/08
Ain't that the truth  Reiley 411 | 02/28/08
Agreed  croberts | 02/27/08
Who's gonna want this update???  techboy_z | 02/27/08
That is just plain BS  mdemuth | 02/27/08
techBS_z...  M.R. Kennedy | 02/27/08
So...  zkiwi | 02/27/08
interesting start  mdemuth | 02/27/08
Sigh, don't you ever tire of being wrong?  NonZealot | 02/27/08
Silly Question of the Week #372  fairportfan | 03/05/08
Not so...  techboy_z | 02/28/08
it's not removable, bexause it's not installed.  rtk | 02/28/08
Liar!!  techboy_z | 02/28/08
Calm yourself....  rtk | 02/28/08
just plain BS  aussieblnd@... | 02/28/08
OH Yeh  KrazyGuy | 02/28/08
It Detected Mine Was Counterfeit  iwillnotbestopped@... | 02/27/08
Is This Update  Mectron | 02/27/08
No ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/27/08
Slight correction...  zkiwi | 02/27/08
Thanks Adrian...  nix_hed | 02/27/08
I agree with Microsoft again.  gene_fitz@... | 02/27/08
Yer but  morrig | 03/01/08
RE: KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations  jab4u53@... | 02/28/08
RE: KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations  rtk | 02/28/08
one and counting  catseverywhere@... | 02/28/08
You need to get out more...  Narg | 02/28/08
Who hates Vista?  jnoooo | 02/28/08
hates Vista?  aussieblnd@... | 02/28/08
So bottom line..  Been_Done_Before | 02/28/08
bottom line..  aussieblnd@... | 02/28/08
You want buy?  Chiatzu | 02/29/08
Heard you guy's  morrig | 03/01/08
That's alright....... Mr Gates himself has said  Ole Man | 02/28/08
OK - and our best strategy is.....  Dr.C | 02/29/08
Right on the button!  Ole Man | 02/29/08
See you got it right  morrig | 03/01/08
RE: KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations  rockn24x7@... | 02/28/08
I'll buy that!........... I meant  Ole Man | 03/01/08
Does Microsoft worry about zdnet pirated copies of Windows?  Randalllind | 02/29/08
RE: KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations  JLMcCracken ZDNet Moderator | 03/02/08
Do you do a system restore  rtk | 03/04/08
Interesting, perhaps MS realizes this is a battle they can't win  John Musbach | 03/03/08
RE: KB940510 highlights some counterfeit Windows installations  boomby@... | 03/04/08
Human nature is what it is.  genefitz1976 | 03/04/08

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