Reply to Re: Windinkedit plus2 issue
If you don't have an account, just leave the password field blank.
Strange that some are willing to use a cracked version of windows but prefer to pack their DMods in encrypted form, to at least make it difficult for other's to view or decompile their creations. 
Realistically though, as a Lan/Wan tech in my day job, there are positive reasons to 'Not' use a hacked/cracked installation of an operating system. When we consider that Prism/Tempora are a reality and that accessing computer resources belonging to other people is being accomplished through social engineering practices, as well as the severely weakened security of a "rooted" mobile device, we already must become more aware of who has or may gain access to our systems.
installing a non-certified copy of an OS allows a much larger opportunity to gain access to your system, as well as any other system you have credentials to connect too, as there is no way to be completely certain that all avenues of unwanted access can be prevented by the end user, being us. Note, it does not matter if you are connecting remotely to another system using a VPN tunnel nor using even applications as secure as Citrix (for example). Simply, anyone that has credentials granting access to your system; has of can escalate access to every other resource you have access too.
I do agree that the cost an operating system is much higher than it needs to be, in fact I am miffed that we have to pay for it in the first place, but the cost of unknowingly granting access to somebody else or any foreign system, can easily overshadow the relatively minuscule cost of purchasing legitimate software.
I will omit my opinions on the copyright perspective except to say I am a working musician.
Mm
Realistically though, as a Lan/Wan tech in my day job, there are positive reasons to 'Not' use a hacked/cracked installation of an operating system. When we consider that Prism/Tempora are a reality and that accessing computer resources belonging to other people is being accomplished through social engineering practices, as well as the severely weakened security of a "rooted" mobile device, we already must become more aware of who has or may gain access to our systems.
installing a non-certified copy of an OS allows a much larger opportunity to gain access to your system, as well as any other system you have credentials to connect too, as there is no way to be completely certain that all avenues of unwanted access can be prevented by the end user, being us. Note, it does not matter if you are connecting remotely to another system using a VPN tunnel nor using even applications as secure as Citrix (for example). Simply, anyone that has credentials granting access to your system; has of can escalate access to every other resource you have access too.
I do agree that the cost an operating system is much higher than it needs to be, in fact I am miffed that we have to pay for it in the first place, but the cost of unknowingly granting access to somebody else or any foreign system, can easily overshadow the relatively minuscule cost of purchasing legitimate software.
I will omit my opinions on the copyright perspective except to say I am a working musician.
Mm
