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To date, with its Genuine Advantage anti-piracy programs, Microsoft (MSFT) has targeted consumers. Windows and Office users have been required to validate their ...

In both cases, you’ll want to explain that a recent hardware change has caused your computer to think that your copy of Windows is not legitimate. The support representative should be able to take ...

Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage servers experienced severe disruption over the weekend, stopping users validating their Microsoft software. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is the mechanism that ...

As part of the program&'s terms, Microsoft is making it mandatory for all Windows customers to electronically submit their copy of Windows to determine its authenticity before users can download ...

Back, in March, I wrote an article for PC World on the worst Microsoft product names of all time. One of my nominees was Windows Genuine Advantage, the anti-piracy technology that’s suffered at least ...

Over 512 million copies of Windows validated through WGA globally Microsoft Corporation has recently rolled out a new version of its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy program for Windows, ...

There's been a lot of talk about Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage, with several security experts declaring it to be spyware or spyware-like. To make things worse, a software worm that disguises ...

Microsoft is stepping up its war on software pirates by rolling out new Windows Genuine notification software for what it is calling its most pirated version of Windows: Windows XP Professional. In an ...

While the naming of the next version of Windows was the most covered news out of Redmond last week, another announcement will probably be of more interest to you and might even cause you more ...