As Microsoft announced, they just released the update that makes Windows 7 harder to activate without genuine licence.This update closes all the used ways to bypass the legal activation on Windows 7, again, not supporting piracy here but I’m sure this update will be “in force” for 1-3 weeks at best. People always find ways around things like this. The update is said to check for 70 known activation exploits by checking the local PC.

The update is called (like any other generic update) “Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB971033).” for 64-bit systems and probably x86-based Systems if you own a 32-bit os flavor.

The description of the update reads : “This update to Windows Activation Technologies detects activation exploits and tampering to key Windows system files. These exploits try to bypass regular Windows activation and are sometimes included with counterfeit copies of Windows.”