Microsoft is rendering pirated perfectly genuine copies of Windows 7 if users have installed Multilingual User Interface packs on SKUs of the operating system without MUI capabilities. According to the Redmond company, customers running Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Home Basic that installed a language pack different than the default language of the OS will receive non-genuine warnings when attempting to install updates, or deploy files from the Microsoft Download Center. At the same time, the validation process would also fail, the company informed.


“You may receive the following message: ‘This copy of Windows is not Genuine.’ Additionally, the non-genuine warnings that you receive in Windows may contain one of these validation error codes: 1699978131, 1571607440, 757834664, 228668481,” the company said.

This will happen even if customers acquired a genuine copy of Windows 7. Essentially, Windows 7 editions other than Enterprise and Ultimate that have MUI packs installed will be identified as pirated by Microsoft. “This issue can occur when the following conditions are true: Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packs are installed that provide additional display languages in the operating system. The Windows 7 edition that is installed on the computer is Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, or Professional edition,” Microsoft said.

If you ask me, the move is an error of judgment on Microsoft’s behalf that will only alienate users. Some customers have acquired Windows 7-preloaded computers from a market different than their own, most probably because the PC is considerably cheaper than in their native country. However, pre-installed copies of Windows 7, with the exception of Enterprise and Ultimate, come in localized versions, and Microsoft doesn’t permit users to change the language.

Third-party solutions such as Vistalizator emerged to enable end users to perform what should be a simple task, namely change the language in Windows 7. Microsoft should restrict the number of languages it allows Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Home Basic users to change, or charge them for additional languages, but not detect their genuine platform as pirated, just because they installed an MUI pack, which, with a bit of effort, they can download straight from Microsoft for free.

“Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packs require a license to be used and are available only for Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise editions. If these language files are present on another edition of Windows 7, genuine technologies will detect tampering on the system and display the non-genuine warnings,” Microsoft added.



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Actually, Windows 8 is still in development, however information about the development of which has been publicly communicated the development in terms of functionality to access the files in the office applications.
Windows 8 provides plenty of new features along with a new interface. With a view similar to Windows Vista and Windows 7 (very good combination) but has changes in the GUI (Graphical User Interface) that quite a lot, including new design taskbar, Explorer, system boot screen and login screen, and so forth.
According to one Microsoft employee - Robert Murdon profile on LinkedIn she inadvertently raises the information that he is currently working on IA-128 on Windows 8, mentioned that he was trying to enable Windows 8 may be compatible with 128-bits, although he still looked frustrated.
Murdon seemed sure-bit 128 will be compatible on Windows 9, Windows 8belum but seems to have certainty. Meanwhile, many who believe that Windows 7 will be the last of Microsoft products that use 32-bit OS. So it may be Windows 8 will appear in 64-bit and 128-bit, we'll wait.
And according to reports from MSFTKitchen December last year, citing bahwaMicrosoft seem to be releasing a new operating system in the month of July 2011. Meanwhile, Microsoft also will release Windows Server 2012 and Office 2012 to be published in July 2012.
And from a blog on MSDN's Microsoft employee named Chris Green has information about the release date of Microsoft products in the future, including Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 (Windows 8 Server) and Microsoft Office 2012
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