On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:37:49AM -0600, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > > SLIC is part of the mechanism Windows (many versions) uses to volume > license to OEMs and enable OEM recovery disks which only work on a > particular brand or model of computer. The SLIC is supposed to be > included in the system BIOS by the OEM... but software pirates > sometimes patch the SLIC into the BIOS or use a hotpatch program to > load it before booting into Windows (Windows can't tell whether the > SLIC came legit from an OEM BIOS or from a user hack). It looks like > this system is running an illegal copy of Windows, or at the very > least improperly activated. Since Windows 7 was released only in > October, there should still be time to get a refund from the company > who sold you the fake copy of Windows, the Microsoft Anti-piracy > hotline would probably be helpful in forcing the company to provide > you with a legitimate copy. > > http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting.mspx
Hi, Please don't refer to people who share code as "pirates". It'd be much better if they participated in our community instead of using and distributing non-free software, but they're not criminals, and the vast majority of them don't attack ships in the sea. That aside, discussion about circumvention of copyright restriction mechanisms is completely off-topic in this list. Please bring it elsewhere. Thanks -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
