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    Post Microsoft reportedly allows pirates to activate unlicensed installations of Windows 8 Pro

    Users running pirated copies of Windows 8 Pro can reportedly upgrade to a fully licensed and permanently activated version of the OS by simply installing a free Windows 8 Media Center upgrade offered by Microsoft.

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    Re: Microsoft reportedly allows pirates to activate unlicensed installations of Windows 8 Pro

    How many more people will jump on this after it being advertised?

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    Re: Microsoft reportedly allows pirates to activate unlicensed installations of Windows 8 Pro

    Ed Bott has reported this is not nearly as originally written.
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    Re: Microsoft reportedly allows pirates to activate unlicensed installations of Windows 8 Pro

    This loophole which will close in January if not before...





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