Ranting to /dev/null

Black screen of doom

Microsoft has apparently just activated a major flaw *cough* "feature" in Vista which effectively kneecaps an installation with a non-genuine CD-key.

Two things here. First, by making it harder to pirate, they're going to massively decrease the rate at which the OS is adopted. Most Windows installations in Asia are pirated, so you can kiss Vista adoption goodbye.

Unless, second, this proves just as easy to bypass as every other attempt at blocking piracy has been. I'm betting this shite gets disabled within the month.