Russian ATM with a Windows Product Activation screen

[Moscow Mule]

A more likely scenario is that the techie that replaced a hardware card in the ATM itself didn't bother to re-activate windows. Useless feckers that most of them are.

[sasguru]

Now look what you made me do - I now used up my posting quota up to Sept, 2007

No this one takes you to October. I'm keeping tabs.

[Kyajae]

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/06/11...indows-atm.jpg

"Your Windows product must be activated within 7 days.
Do you want to activate Windows now?"

Exactly why we don't need Eastern European IT workers coming here.

FFS!! Haven't the skills do a half decent scam!!

[AtW]

This ATM belongs to a bank called VTB - they just had IPO on London Stock exchange for around 8 bln dollars, they sold around 22% of shares, pretty good valuation for a bank that was mainly used for Govt money laundering, I guess they decided to split the revenues with wanna be fools who think they will actually get them. Paying for software is not exactly one of their priorities, strange really because embedded Windows should be cheap like $50 per install or so.

Now look what you made me do - I now used up my posting quota up to Sept, 2007

[Sysman]

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/06/11...indows-atm.jpg

"Your Windows product must be activated within 7 days.
Do you want to activate Windows now?"