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...Professional pirates with Windows Genuine Advantage Microsoft has stepped up...Windows XP. Using its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy program... Updates improve Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)'s detection of stolen... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/08/29/232079/microsoft-hits-xp-professional-pirates-with-windows-genuine-advantage.htm
...the Harrison Group to promote its Windows Genuine Advantage program. Genuine Advantage inundates users with alerts when it detects...many users claim to have been pinpointed by Genuine Advantage incorrectly. Microsoft is using the research... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/02/232533/microsoft-licence-study-shows-sme-risks.htm
...Software Microsoft taking steps to improve Windows Genuine Advantage Microsoft said it will increase its efforts against...counterfeit systems by changing the way its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program works on user machines. Mike... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/12/04/228444/microsoft-taking-steps-to-improve-windows-genuine-advantage.htm
...details of how to get around its Genuine Advantage anti-piracy system on the internet. Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage programme requires users to...safeguards provided by Windows Genuine Advantage. “It is important to note... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/08/03/211233/microsoft-investigates-as-hackers-breach-anti-piracy.htm
...details of how to get around its Genuine Advantage anti-piracy system on the internet. Genuine Advantage requires users to confirm the...safeguards provided by Windows Genuine Advantage." It also assured customers... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/08/09/211309/downtime.htm
...Microsoft has made its Office Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme mandatory...validation. An optional Office Genuine Advantage validation scheme has been running...pay for a licence. Office Genuine Advantage is an offshoot of Microsoft... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/10/31/219537/microsoft-office-anti-piracy-check-is-now-mandatory.htm
...faces class action over anti-piracy tools Microsoft faces a class action lawsuit in the US over its Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tools. It is claimed that Microsoft’s actions broke state consumer protection and anti-spyware... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/07/03/216758/microsoft-faces-class-action-over-anti-piracy-tools.htm
...sparked legal challenges from software users. Microsoft is facing two class action lawsuits alleging that its Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy program is spyware and that the firm misled users by labelling it as a critical security update. ... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/07/18/217055/microsoft-hits-pirates-with-lawsuits.htm
...Microsoft. Users had to use Internet Explorer because it had the ActiveX controls required by Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation scheme, which makes sure the Windows software being updated is genuine and not counterfeit... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/11/21/213049/microsoft-releases-windows-update-firefox-plug-in.htm
...being automatically distributed to users’ PCs as a test version. A number of users have claimed that the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software has bugs in it and is causing their PC to inform them that their machine is running counterfeit... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/06/16/216490/users-attack-microsofts-counterfeit-clampdown.htm

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...integrated installation of Windows XP SP3. The operating system will prompt the user for a product key later as part of Genuine Advantage. As with previous service packs, no product key is requested or required when installing Windows XP SP3 using... http://centrictechnologies.com/xps3.pdf
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