Microsoft: Vista's 'Black Screen of Death' Is a Hoax

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Yikes!  Why didn't the PC World reporter check with Microsoft before going
with his story?
 
Richard
 
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/09/microsoft-vista.html
 
Has Microsoft adopted an even tougher stance on piracy? According to recent
e-mails warning of new, harsher anti-piracy measures in Windows Vista, that
was believed to be the case. 

Australian PC World printed an e-mail Tuesday it says was sent from a
Microsoft representative to an unspecified large Vista OEM distributor. The
e-mail describes a new initiative which renders computers running a pirated
copy of Vista unusable by making the screen totally black.

Microsoft was quick to debunk this e-mail warning of a Black Screen of
Death. A Microsoft representative told Wired News "the reporter received
inaccurate information," and that the company has not rolled out any updates
to Windows Vista's anti-piracy platform.

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