http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basi...tion/myths.asp
Product Activation has already been cracked, or at least it will be cracked very
quickly, and therefore is of no anti-piracy benefit.
Actually, Product Activation has yet to be cracked. The so-called "crack" now being passed around the Internet contains a set of instructions for setting a registry key that disables activation. Microsoft made the existence of this registry key public to its technical beta testers back in early February telling them where it was and how to set it to disable activation, and included it as a testing tool.
Still, the intellectual property protection arena is a cat-and-mouse game. All intellectual property protection technologies will be cracked at some point—it's just a matter of time. The measure of success is not completely stopping software piracy, which is probably an unattainable goal. Success is more likely to be measured in increased awareness of the terms of the license agreement and increased license compliance
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