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Microsoft will have complete control over your computer with its genuine disadvantage program. The program will now be able to severely lock out the computer from use if you have a 'nonlegit' copy. Basically, Microsoft owns you.
Microsoft will have complete control over your computer with its genuine disadvantage program. The program will now be able to severely lock out the computer from use if you have a 'nonlegit' copy. Basically, Microsoft owns you.
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Under that scenario, a person could use the browser to surf the Web, access documents on the hard drive or log onto Web-based e-mail. But the user would not be able to directly open documents from the computer desktop or run other programs such as Outlook e-mail software, Lindeman said. Microsoft said it won't stop a computer running pirated Vista software from working completely, and it will continue to deliver critical security updates. Still, the much harsher tactics contrast to Microsoft's earlier anti-piracy measures, which have involved instituting tougher piracy checks for Windows XP users who want to get free add-ons such as anti-spyware programs. In most cases, these were seen as annoying, rather than debilitating.