thunderbird.117 said:
PS3. It is nothing but a Joke. It is in powerful on paper but the system is fairly weak.
Anyways Sony is going have tough time when microsoft releases "Black XBox 360".
You wont say that if you knew that both machines are powerful in different ways. PS3 hardware is not crap.
Black box is a rumor , but a new xbox is definitely coming(color doesn't matter) with better cpu fabrication. New xbox will not be more powerful but will be cheaper for MS to produce. Sony on other hand is going to do the same thing and new version of PS3 is rumored to come out on 2008 .
Interview with Paradox who created the OEM crack. (I am not linking to the page as the page has the link for the crack and step by step instructions on how to use it , against forum rules)
What's the purpose of this release?
Bypassing the product activation requirement of Microsoft Windows Vista x86.
How does it work?
Microsoft allows large hardware manufacturers (e.g. ASUS, HP, Dell) to ship their products
containing a Windows Vista installation that does NOT require any kind of product activation as
this might be considered an unnecessary inconvenience for the end-user.
Instead these so-called 'Royalty OEMs' are granted the right to embed certain license information
into their hardware products, which can be validated by Windows Vista to make obtaining further
activation information (online or by phone) obsolete.
This mechanism is commonly referred to as 'SLP 2.0' ('system-locked pre-installation 2.0') and
consists of the following three key elements:
1. The OEM's hardware-embedded BIOS ACPI_SLIC information signed by Microsoft.
2. A certificate issued by Microsoft that corresponds to the specific ACPI_SLIC information.
The certificate is an XML file found on the OEM's installation/recovery media,
ususally called something like 'oemname.xrm-ms'.
3. A special type of product key that corresponds to the installed edition of Windows Vista.
This key can usually be obtained from some installation script found on the OEM's
installation/recovery media or directly from a pre-installed OEM system.
If all three elements match Windows Vista's licensing mechansim considers the given
installation a valid system-locked pre-activated copy (that does not require any
additional product activation procedures).
So the basic concept of the tool at hand is to present any given BIOS ACPI_SLIC information to Windows
Vista's licensing mechanism by means of a device driver.
In combination with a matching product key and OEM certificate this allows for rendering any system
practically indistinguishable from a legit pre-activated system shipped by the respective OEM.