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Microsoft: Disable or Remove the Pilot of WGA Notifications

Microsoft is providing end users with the instructions necessary to disable or remove altogether the WGA Notifications anti-piracy mechanism from Windows XP. However, according to the Redmond company, only the pilot version of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications can be either rendered useless or uninstalled c...

1 September 2008
07:46 GMT

Pirated XP SP3 Made to Behave as Non-Genuine Vista SP1

Microsoft has confirmed that the behavior of Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been aligned with that of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Updated versions of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications have started popping up on the Microsoft Download Center as early as August 25, but it wasn't until a day later that Dire...

27 August 2008
00:32 GMT

WGA Antipiracy Mechanism Adapted to XP SP3

Microsoft has adapted the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification tool to the third and last service pack for Windows XP. Designed to inform the end users that their operating system has failed to pass the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation process, the WGA Notifications component is now set up to integrate seamless...

26 August 2008
15:11 GMT

AMD Launches Its Own Computer Brand for Business Customers

AMD has launched a new corporate initiative in the form of a new computer brand aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. Called the AMD Business Class, the new program will allow companies to standardize their OEM hardware and stick with their choice for at least 24 months. According to the company, the new featur...

29 April 2008
03:42 GMT

Windows Genuine Advantage Turns Genuine Windows Vista into Pirated Copies

Windows Genuine Advantage, an integer part of Microsoft's anti-piracy efforts under the Genuine Software Initiative umbrella, suffered a massive worldwide server infrastructure outage over the course of the past weekend. As an immediate result, the WGA labeled all genuine copies of Windows Vista and Windows XP g...

27 August 2007
05:42 GMT

System and User Validation

One of the problems in our days is the fact that validation systems can somehow be easily tricked. That's why some things needs to be innovated, in order to take down this issue.Authentication systems need to get better and here are a few ideas that might be materialized soon, as I understood from beskerming.com...

21 August 2007
09:30 GMT


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