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** Note that the [http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=88 updated response from Microsoft] only says that they won't "turn off your computer", which is not the issue at hand; the issue is whether they will deactivate Windows. | ** Note that the [http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=88 updated response from Microsoft] only says that they won't "turn off your computer", which is not the issue at hand; the issue is whether they will deactivate Windows. | ||
* '''2006-06-06''' [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?page_id=3170 Images: Microsoft's shoddy Windows Genuine Advantage Installation Process] by David Berlind | * '''2006-06-06''' [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?page_id=3170 Images: Microsoft's shoddy Windows Genuine Advantage Installation Process] by David Berlind | ||
| + | * '''2005-08-01''' [http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4134 Hackers bust Microsoft's anti-piracy system]: "Hackers found a way around Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy system last week, only a day after the system went into effect." | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 10 August 2007
computing: software: Microsoft: Windows: WGA
Overview
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is a service provided by Microsoft which allows users of Microsoft Windows to use certain online services including Windows Update. Microsoft requires copies of Windows to be validated before it will grant access to WGA services.
Notes
Is WGA a "service" or a "set of services"? Does validation take place each time a service is accessed? If so, is input required from the user, or is the process transparent? My understanding was that once an installation of Windows has been validated, the services included in WGA will then recognize that installation as valid, with no further intervention, but the wording in Wikipedia isn't entirely clear on this point. At some point I'll check Microsoft's wording on the issue, but I don't expect that to be much better. --Woozle 14:54, 2 July 2006 (EDT)
Reference
- Wikipedia
- Cube Computer Services (wiki): troubleshooting tips
News
- 2006-06-28 User suing Microsoft over WGA notification, calling it spyware
- 2006-06-27 Is Microsoft about to release a Windows "kill switch"? by Ed Bott
- Note that the updated response from Microsoft only says that they won't "turn off your computer", which is not the issue at hand; the issue is whether they will deactivate Windows.
- 2006-06-06 Images: Microsoft's shoddy Windows Genuine Advantage Installation Process by David Berlind
- 2005-08-01 Hackers bust Microsoft's anti-piracy system: "Hackers found a way around Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy system last week, only a day after the system went into effect."