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News > Microsoft 'pesters software pirates'
Published: 27/08/2008 | Categories: 'Computing'
Microsoft has announced new measures to combat piracy of its programs.
The software giant has revealed an update which will verify whether a user is running a legal copy of its Windows XP system.
If a consumer is shown to have a pirated copy of the software the next time they log-in their background will appear black, with this screen reappearing every hour.
Alex Kochis, a senior product manager for the firm, revealed the plans in a blog post.
He said Windows XP Professional would be updated with the feature as it is "the most stolen" version of the operating program.
A similar feature is already operational in the Windows Vista system.
Meanwhile, the company has also announced it is testing an application for its Internet Explorer 8 program which will allow "traceless browsing".
By using the inPrivate option consumers will be able to visit websites without data being recorded in their history files and without cookies or passwords being stored.
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