PCs running Windows 7 trial set to turn cranky

Microsoft has finally planned to stop all the systems which are running trial version of Windows 7. Microsoft on March 1st released that the users will lose control over their computers. At every 2 hours the PCs will start shutting down even if you haven’t saved your work. And on June 1st the screens will go black. This is the first time Microsoft is going to take tough measure to stop piracy of their main product Windows 7. According to a report there are more than 1 million pirated and trail copies of windows 7 running all over the world.

All the released candidates were trial versions by Microsoft. There are some proprietary software vendors who supply beta or trial versions for a limited period which gets shut down after that. Microsoft Office software version even locks the users’ files after few trials so all the data created during the trial period will become unstable. But then risk of losing control over your PC is main risk. Open source and non profit IT bodies have started lobbying for open source software is harder for government systems. They have fear in mind that during any crisis large corporations will be able to control private networks. Legally the users said the right to control their PCs will have to be looked into the terms and conditions before getting it installed. This loss of control is cited as an unhealthy trade practice for government systems. TimerNuke which is a new software package, counts the remaining beta test period of Windows 7.

Even if Microsoft has released this news, crackers are wasting no time to generate fake serial numbers for Windows 7. In the race of good and evil, let’s see who wins?