but thats nothing compared with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide can expect from now - a black screen of darkness.nnIn an e-mail to a large Windows Vista OEM distributor titled Pirated Vista - A darkness descends!, a local Microsoft representative made it quite clear what Vista pirates can expect to happen to their unlicensed installations.nnA copy of this e-mail was obtained by <em>Computerworld</em>.n<em>Good Afternoon, As of this week, Microsoft have activated a function in Vista called Reduced Functionality. This is a specific function in Vista which effectively disables non genuine copies of Windows. Therefore, anyone who has a pirated copy of Vista will experience:nA black screen after 1 hour of browsingnNo start menu or task barnNo desktopnPlease communicate this anti-piracy initiative from Microsoft to your resellers - note this function has only just been activated in Vista worldwide and therefore any issues with non genuine versions will start to arise from now onwards.</em>nMicrosofts new tough anit-piracy move also proves the company still controls its software releases with an iron fist