Vista Pirates Won’t Get Aero Glass
By Nathan Weinberg
Expert Author
Article Date: 2006-04-17
Microsoft has come out with a new weapon in their war on piracy: Aero Glass.
Those who pirate Windows XP have had trouble with Windows Genuine Advantage downloads, and, especially, installing Windows Updates. Windows Vista won't just be hard to update, it'll also look a lot worse. If you don't have a genuine, validated version of Vista, you won't get Aero Glass, no matter how good your system hardware is.
Via Ars:With the release of Vista, Microsoft is pulling out a new tool from its antipiracy toolbox. Aero, the new whiz-bang UI for Vista, will only be available to registered users of Windows. That's right-no matter how fast your CPU and graphics card are, if Microsoft determines you are running a pirated version of Vista then it's the toned-down interface for you.
Users of illegitimate copies of Vista will be stuck with the same stripped-down UI that owners of Windows Vista Home Basic edition will see. The Windows Vista Basic GUI will look and act similar to the familiar Windows XP interface, but updated with the Vista look and feel. It will also be missing the 3D and translucency effects found in Aero Glass.
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Nathan Weinberg writes the popular InsideGoogle blog, offering the latest news and insights about Google and search engines.
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