Ah Kwong & Friends

Hmm… Just got 1 forward news from my friend and tis new’s about windows warning. As we known so much of ppl using pirated windows XP, 2000 and etc in Malaysia~~ As we known so many pirated software available at market, so microsoft coming out a new policies which is :” install reminder of illegal action every time switch on machines and cannot be erased” . Wah!!! Sai Fei Lei!

How u think about it? I dun think tis will work to ppl who still using windows system… hehehe~~ Maybe it’s time to goes for linux system as tis is “FREE” n lesser errors & problems. Sometimes quite hate windows system as so many pop-up error, security problem… Let’s said “Tak Nak” to windows~~ lolz

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PETALING JAYA: Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of local PC users running pirated Windows operating systems will soon face the shame of being reminded of their illegal action every time they switch on their machines.

The feature will be added to the operating system by Microsoft Corp from tomorrow and cannot be erased. It will nag the guilty users and can be awkward if it shows up on corporate PCs.

There are about six million Windows PC users in the country, according to industry estimates, while anti-piracy watchdog Business Software Alliance has reported that 61% of all software used in local private businesses is illegal.

Current users of PCs running pirated Windows will find their machines “tattooed” the next time they update the operating system.

Basically, a message stating “This copy of Windows is not genuine …” will be permanently affixed to the operating system’s login screen, and a similar message will randomly pop up on the desktop whenever the machine is in use.

The anti-piracy move is being kicked off in five countries tomorrow – the United States, Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia.

Users whose machines have been affected will only be able to get rid of the tattoo if they install a genuine copy of Windows. Prices range from RM320 for a copy of Windows XP Home (OEM version) to RM510 for Windows XP Pro (OEM version).

“Or they can put up with being ‘nagged’ by the pop-up message every time they use their computers,” said K.T. Ng, group manager for Windows Client solutions at Microsoft Malaysia.

If they were businessmen or corporate executives, it would be embarrassing if their clients saw the tattoo indicating that a pirated copy of Windows was being used, he said.

According to Ng, the move was aimed at better serving Microsoft’s genuine users.

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Source From: http://thestar.com.my/news/

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