Microsoft has slammed the door on the Windows 8 Media Center activation flaw
A few weeks back we reported that there was a loophole in Windows 8 that could turn a pirated copy of Windows 8 into a legitimate install by downloading the Media Center add-on. For those of you have no remorse about stealing $40 software, this was a golden ticket to a free copy of Windows 8.
However, it looks like Microsoft has finally patched this simple exploit as the workaround is reportedly to no longer be working. It is being stated that individuals who are trying to use the exploit to turn their illegal copy of Windows 8 into a legitimate install are being met with the following error:
Activation error
Unable to activate Windows 8 Pro with Media Center. (Error code: 0xC004C4AA)
What it means and how to fix it " contact a Microsoft Customer Support representative."
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As of now, it looks like if you obtained a key using the method that is now patched, it appears that the copies are still active and have not been blacklisted by Microsoft, yet. We don’t know if they plan to go back and try to hunt down all the users who stole their copy of Windows 8 using the trick mentioned above or if they will simply write-off the loss and not bother spending the man-hours trying to identify the individuals.
So, if you were planning on using the exploit to obtain a free copy of Windows 8, you are out of luck. Seeing as this was such a simple work-around to obtain a free copy of Windows 8, we do wonder how Microsoft missed this exploit during QA testing.
except for the local KMS activation software, which activates the copy just for 180 days, but still somehow its not activating many people's copies successfully.
the current available crack---->KJ activator is not an ACTUAL ACTIVATOR. it just unlocks some features of our system and fools us to believe that windows 8 is activated by showing the activation message. To verify this, use licesing tools
it will stop working
for get Windows 8 You can not hack it go back to Windows 7