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Blogger offers Windows antipiracy tool workaround
April 28, 2006
Workaround for Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications lets users temporarily disable the antipiracy tool.
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Microsoft piracy check comes calling
April 24, 2006
Expands program to alert people who run illegal copies of Windows and starts a campaign to fight Office piracy.
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Microsoft: Here's how to halt WGA alerts
June 27, 2006
Along with a new release of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, Microsoft shares how to remove the controversial antipiracy tool.
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Fighting Microsoft's piracy check
June 20, 2006
The software pushes ahead with a piracy check tool for Windows as some users complain about system troubles and unwanted data collection.
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Microsoft's antipiracy tool phones home daily
June 8, 2006
Company vows to notify people better about Windows Genuine Advantage's check-in feature, as a critic likens it to spyware.
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Microsoft faces second WGA lawsuit
July 5, 2006
Plaintiffs in latest lawsuit say antipiracy Windows Genuine Advantage program acts as "spyware."
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Doing battle with pirates, thieves and flaws
July 5, 2006
The tug-of-war between software makers and those who'd steal or break their software, and between users and those who'd steal their identities.
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Counting the cost of counterfeiting
May 22, 2006
Microsoft antipiracy exec says the company would rather educate than punish users of pirated software.
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