Windows 7 Ultimate cracked via OEM master key

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According to a report from My Digital Life, Windows 7 Ultimate has already been cracked with the aid of leaked OEM DVD ISO from Lenovo. The crack provides permanent instant offline activation and passes WGA with flying colors. The leaked ISO was posted and snagged off a Chinese forum, which allowed hackers to retrieve the OEM-SLP and certificate for Windows 7 Ultimate.

Redmond has updated the System-Locked Pre-installation (SLP) to version 2.1, which supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008
R2 – and provides backward-compatibility for Vista and Server 2008. The SLP procedure is used to pre-activate Windows for mass distribution by OEMs. Its latest version requires the BIOS SLIC table be updated, as it contains a new Windows marker. The trick is to mod the BIOS to include SLIC 2.1 – which can be done via hard (physical) or soft (emulation) mods.

The original post gets more in-depth, and contains much more information. Naturally, the crack can already be found on various torrent sites. I’m not about to preach right from wrong here, as you won’t listen anyway. That said, if you’re going to download Windows 7 from an unofficial source, at least verify your copy. 

Source: http://www.techspot.com/news/35628-windows-7-ultimate-cracked-via-oem-master-key.html

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So, the Windows 7 Ultimate an update from XP or is it a whole new installation...and didnt you change yours too to something else...

[Schlup]

Yeah, I'm running Windows 7 RC1.  I have preordered the Professional version though when they had it on sale.  So your question is really two pronged, yes you can buy the Windows 7 upgrade version, but you will not be able to do an upgrade software install, you would have to do a fresh (clean) install of it.

[RUNFORCOVER]

Oh yes by all means do a fresh install, if I was going to go to that, I would just do A new Install, That seems to always be best..

[Schlup]

Yes, this is true, just make sure you backup all your important stuff first.

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Microsoft Tackles Windows 7 RTM Crack, Blacklists OEM SLP Master Product Key
“The key is for use with Windows 7 Ultimate RTM product that is meant to be pre-installed by the OEM on new PCs to be shipped later this year. As such, the use of this key requires having a PC from the manufacturer it was issued to. We've worked with that manufacturer so that customers who purchase genuine copies of Windows 7 from this manufacturer will experience no issues validating their copy of Windows 7. At the same time we will seek to alert customers who are using the leaked key that they are running a non-genuine copy of Windows. It's important to note that no PCs will be sold that will use this key,” revealed Alex Kochis, director of Genuine Windows at Microsoft.