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- Microsoft relaxes WGA slightly for Windows XP
- Microsoft has decided to relax its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA scheme on its Windows XP operating system to match what is currently being offered on Microsoft Vista. The refreshed version of Windows XP in the form of SP3, due later this year, will give users up to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
- Microsoft files multiple lawsuits around the world on WGA evidence
- Microsoft has filed 52 lawsuits around the world, in addition to referring another 22 cases to law enforcement agencies in 22 different countries. This is part of its global antipiracy efforts, with all 74 cases involving either Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Office. According to Ars Technica:...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Microsoft Windows, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- IE 7 will no longer require WGA validation
- Internet Explorer 7 will be made available to all users on the Windows platform -- even if it is pirated, according to Microsoft. The installation will no longer require that a system is first validated through Windows Genuine Advantage WGA. Program manager Steve Reynolds, told eWEEK: Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Internet, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Human error the cause of WGA meltdown
- The facts are in. The weekend snafus involving WGA that resulted in validation and activation problems for some 12,000 Windows Vista systems was caused by human error. According to Microsoft, the problem began when preproduction code was sent mistakenly to production servers. A rollback resolved...
- Tags: Rollback, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Production Server, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- Microsoft's WGA locks out valid users
- If you're a Mac loyalist, here's some juicy news for you: A recent server problem at Microsoft ticked off some legitimate users of Windows Vista and Windows XP. Check out the news story, as reported by TechNewsWorld: "Weekend WGA Failure Locked Out Legit Windows Vista Users." Here...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Server Problem, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications (exe)
- Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is a tool to help reduce software piracy. This tool will confirm that the copy of Windows installed on the PC is genuine and properly licensed. If it is not genuine, the tool will provide periodic reminders to help you take the appropriate action. Version 1.7.0018.1...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Tool, Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, Productivity
- Software downloads 2007-08-22
- WGA validation no longer required for IE 7
- Do you think Microsoft is simply trying to garner more users to its Internet Explorer browser?
- Tags: Web browsers, paulmah@..., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- Vista pirates plunged in to darkness
- MICROSOFT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE AND LOADED WITH PROBLEMSA computer doesn't work without Microsoft in it.All of the computer design engineers threw everything into Microsoft's hands when they chose Microsoft.Several hundred dollars for a CD is too much.There's not enough knowledge on this Earth to pirate Microsoft.All software,even Microsoft,comes from...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Piracy, Microsoft Windows Vista, BALTHOR, loyal customer, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- Human error the cause of WGA meltdown
- Does this report cause you to regain some of your confidence with WGA?Very disturbing :0.[b]Microsoft says:[/b][i]"...If our servers are down, your system will pass validation every time. This event was not the same as an outage because in this case the trusted source of validations itself responded incorrectly..."[/i]Microsoft's lack of...
- Tags: paulmah@..., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-31
- Microsoft's WGA locks out valid users
- Can you validate your loyalty to Microsoft?Due to a server error, Microsoft's WGA validation software locked legitimate users out of Windows Vista and Windows XP. If you're a Windows loyalist, were you effected by Microsoft's server problems? How forgiving or unforgiving are you for the inconvenience?RE: Microsoft's WGA locks out...
- Tags: Sonja Thompson, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, O/S, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Microsoft must be really feeling the PAIN of WGA !
- I have wandering into several stores and they DO NOT have any Computer with more than BASIC "VISTA" on them . . Some stores are afraid its going to crash before they get it out the door got that from Circuit City Person . . And Best Buy will...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., jackie40d@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, WGA
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- Review: Things I Love about Windows Vista
- Windows XP will be slowly phased outI see in the poll that most people are sticking to Windows XP but if you are to buy a new PC in the next 18-36 months, Windows Vista will be loaded on it. Will you remove it and load Windows XP? Let me...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Steven S. Warren, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- Microsoft releases 'critical' updates for new programs
- Yeah, but.....WGA is tagged as "critical"So I do not trust M$ at allHere we go againSS,DD and little to differentiate this problem with the last.I suppose we should be grateful that they have released the fixes.
- Tags: Kiltie, Microsoft Corp., WGA
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
- SolutionBase: Changes to Product Activation and Volume Licensing
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.If you're installing a single version of Windows Vista inyour organization, licensing is pretty simple; you just go with what came withyour new machine or what came in the upgrade box. Even tracking a few licensesdoesn't present much of a problem. Things...
- Tags: Windows Genuine Advantage Program, Brien M. Posey MCSE, volume-license, product key, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2007-05-24
- Windows Genuine Advantage: An Overview and Screenshot Gallery
- Windows Genuine Advantage WGA is a component of the Engineering part of the unholy triumvirate. It's a bit of software that gets installed on Windows XP (it's part of Windows Vista right out of the gate, naturally) and is comprised of two components. The first, dubbed WGA Validation, determines whether...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-07-29
- WGA Problem
- Ok..i recently had a friend put xp pro on my computer. So he did that and when i go to download the new wmp it doesn't work. Windows says the key is invalid. So when i try to find keys to put none of them work. I saw something on...
- Tags: texasfan0310@...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- WSUS and Windows Genuine Advantage
- I have a test lab network which is isolated from the internet. I have setup a WSUS server to update the test machines and things have gone well. I want my machines to upgrade to IE 7, but since my network is not connected to the internet the IE7 update...
- Tags: INTERNET, mitchie_poo@..., Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- Microsoft Attacks Google on Copyright
- I am completely baffled by Microsoft's ridiculous attitude that they are holier than thou. They have the audacity to challenge someone elses business model when their security patches should be feeling the real HEAT ! Who are they (except have a lot of money and would profit nicely...
- Tags: security patch, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., software, danglingwrangler@..., security, Windows Genuine Advantage, windows, xp, microsoft, it management, internet explorer, vista, win 2000
- Discussion threads 2007-03-06
- Microsoft releases five critical security bulletins for November
- Do you rate different patches?When you are looking at a new release such as Vista, do you look mostly at raw numbers as far as vulnerabilities are concerned, or do you take into consideration how many were patched BEFORE the vulnerability became wi
- Tags: security, patch management, Tech Locksmith, Microsoft Corp., patch, computer, WGA
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- UK cyber-crime laws updated
- WTG us Brits!!!!!We are once again leading the World, maybe the US will follow, and then the rest of the Globe.Maybe we will see Our Illustrious Empire back?heheheJust kidding my American friends, I don't forget who you fought (quite rig
- Tags: off-topic, networking, software, security, Ancestors, Kiltie, AMERICAN, WGA, American Citizen, Ancestor
- Discussion threads 2006-11-14
