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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. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, workaround, antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft confirms Vista OEM hack

April 12, 2007 Hack may allow users to bypass antipiracy feature, but no action is planned yet, according to a post on the Windows Genuine Advantage blog. TAGS: product activation, OEM, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, product key, Microsoft Windows Vista, security feature, post, blog, hacker, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., operating system, security, Microsoft Windows

Patch service shuts after Microsoft request

August 29, 2007 AutoPatcher project "probably history," its project manager says, leaving Microsoft to be sole distributor of its software updates. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, project manager, post, network security, patch management, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Automatic Update, alert, piracy, copy, antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, PC

Microsoft's private folders become a public headache

July 17, 2006 Company removes Private Folders 1.0 from site following outcry. But the add-on remains available through the weekend, into Monday. TAGS: headache, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, add-on, Microsoft Corp., software company, password, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Bypass found for Windows piracy check

May 23, 2005 Using a tool from Microsoft, it is possible to get around the company's piracy test, a researcher says. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, piracy, copy, Microsoft Windows Update, representative, researcher, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, key, technique, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, security, PC

Antipiracy flub for Microsoft

July 29, 2005 Hackers publish a second way to bypass Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage, its newly launched antipiracy software. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, JavaScript, method, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, antipiracy, hack, reader, Microsoft Corp., method, Microsoft Windows, PC, security

Microsoft sues more resellers in piracy battle

September 19, 2005 The software giant used tips from customers to target eight companies in five states that allegedly sold pirated software. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, reseller, piracy, lawsuit, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Another way past Windows antipiracy found

August 6, 2005 Yet another way emerges to bypass Microsoft's validation tool meant to stop people with the pirated OS from getting downloads. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, check, antipiracy, piracy, ActiveX, representative, method, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Firefox, operating system, software company, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Counting the cost of counterfeiting

May 22, 2006 Microsoft antipiracy exec says the company would rather educate than punish users of pirated software. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, asset management, trader, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, operating system

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. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, blog posting, spyware, company representative, blog, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, security, PC

Microsoft battles piracy with free software

October 28, 2004 Company lays out booty for nonpirates who prove their Windows software is the real thing. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, piracy, Hong Kong, percentage, digital media, Microsoft Corp., photograph, operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC

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. TAGS: Automatic Update, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, antipiracy, instruction, Microsoft Corp., representative, software company, Microsoft Windows, security
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