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re: Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

yatrip — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:13:38 GMT

The holographic images used on the Windows Vista Ultimate DVD are discussed.

El puzzle del DVD de Windows Vista

El Espia de Silicon Valley — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:20:15 GMT

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re: Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

PCProfile — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:20:49 GMT

Whilst the DVD hologram works for the physical aspects of protecting Microsofts assets it does absolutely nothing for assisting businesses to manage the software assets within their business walls and systems.

Microsofts senior managment and development team (at a very high level) has not yet grasped that there is a simple solution to piracy/installations within the workplace that they could use almost immediately.

We have been trying to get MS to listen to this solution for years over this issue and yet they still are hell bent on alienating the business/government sector who aren't that keen on taking up Vista.

Some IT directors have published memorandums putting an embargo on Vista installations "until later on" and these are big seats of around 50,000 users. This is likely to be more than the early adopter syndrome with alternates such as Open Source becoming a viable alternative.

Activation/Validation issues in their own right are causing some grief and that won't be overturned (according to Cori Hartje) so you "need a sweetener" for business to make them come on board with Vista.

The groundswell to Open Source is becoming a big issue as many sites have now been given approval in principle to explore migration to this as options and these are traditional Windows seats.

Contact me offline to get a perspective on how to overcome one aspect of the piracy problem.

Windows Vista DVD hologram mystery

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Edit: Mystery solved http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/06/13/the-devil-is-in

re: Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

Brandon LeBlanc — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:34:36 GMT

Kevj, you can always use Microsoft's free Virtual PC 2007 client and run virtual images of Windows XP for application compatibility. I currently do this for several older apps that aren't quite compatible with Vista. Works great. There are also other virtualization options out there like WMWare as well worth checking out.

Also: piracy is a very big problem.

- Brandon

Revelan el origen del curioso holograma de los DVDs de Vista

www.enchilame.com — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:54:10 GMT

Microsoft ha anunciado que la pequeña foto de tres personas que mide tan sólo un milímetro es una de las muchas imágenes que se incluyen en el diseño holográfico, que tiene como objetivo dificultar la replicación de los originales de los DVDs de Vista

re: Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

Kevj — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:24:31 GMT

I don't think piracy will be a big problem until Vista becomes viable as a business OS. Compatibility is a big problem with Vista which will hinder its adoption among business users. I am getting ready to purchase new workstations for my organization and will have to order them with XP for compatibility with a legacy application.

re: Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

newscientist2000 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:12:35 GMT

Thanks adam.mt, Im pretty sure the discs are legit, just some kid ripped off the COA due to a box design flaw.

re: Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

adam.mt — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:59:56 GMT

Correction: It's only OEMs where the key is on the CoA sticker, for retail they're separate.

I'd also check the following to see whether what you've got still counts as a genuine licence or not:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/en/re/220d451e-930f-4a37-8256-a9ce067690ba.mspx

re: Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

adam.mt — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:53:28 GMT

newscientist2000:

Regardless of whether your CDs are legit or not, your licence isn't! The discs mean nothing, it's the licence (ie COA) that has value and proves ownership, so without it you aint legal! I would demand your money back straightaway; you've been duped.

Besides I thought the install key was printed on the CoA sticker, without it how have you been able to install?