Microsoft’s attempt to block anyone from updating pirated versions of Windows has been cracked, and in less than 24 hours after Microsoft’s scheme went into play.
Drats! Microsoft would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for those meddling kids. 
Oh… and to add a bit more humor to this. The system was cracked by using a script that ran in Internet Explorer. It appears that IE is a pain in the ass to everyone, even those that created it.