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Users of counterfeit, or over-installed, copies of Windows XP have been targeted by Microsoft using its "Windows Update" feature. Some are complaining that the part of an update that reviews the software installed, and if counterfeits or unauthorised multi-installations are found, issues warnings and then after several reminders turns the screen blank is an unauthorised installation to their computers and is therefore hacking. Is part of the motivation to bolster the installed base of the deeply unpopular Vista?
Reuters is reporting this morning that Steve Bullmer, CEO of Microsoft, has indicated that XP may not be killed off on 30 June, as the company previously announced.