Microsoft Plans New Update to WGA Notifications in Windows XP


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Microsoft is planning to release an update to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) notifications in Windows XP. The worldwide roll-out will begin this week and will continue over the next few months.

This update will only affect Windows XP Professional systems. It?ll reconfigure the notifications experience to mirror notifications in Windows Vista SP1.

Customers who are using non-genuine Windows can expect a black desktop to appear every 60 minutes of use. Also a persistent desktop notification will appear in the lower right corner indicating that the user may be a victim of software counterfeiting.

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I'm sure we can, they could be working on something useful.

Why only XP Professional?

I'm wondering this too, maybe because it is more pirated than XP Home or the other XP versions?

ms are wasting money on wga,they should improve there stuff instead.they can't stop the pirates no matter how hard they try.

It's like DRM in PC games, they're causing problems for legitimate customers when WGA fails and yet pirates have to run one script and they don't get any problems whatsoever... it seems almost counter-intuitive...

For those that can't wait to get the "new" WGA:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

:shifty:

rofl

This is the most current release of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications. We encourage you to upgrade to this version. This release includes enhanced features that reflect ongoing input from customers, as well as Microsoft’s continually improving anti-piracy technology.

this is silly,

when using a pirate copy you just disable updates ....

off course you can integrate some (selected) hotfix, on your CD each time you perform a fresh install (with the help of nlite).

If you use a good firewall + antivirus, then I don't see why you should bother a lot with the security fixes that Microsoft release.

Moreover, automatic updates is still a pain even with a legitimate copy (must each time restart).

Also sometimes updates screw up things.

Sorry Microsoft, No way your WGA thing would stop piracy.

At worst, there's still Linux :D

this is silly,

when using a pirate copy you just disable updates ....

off course you can integrate some (selected) hotfix, on your CD each time you perform a fresh install (with the help of nlite).

If you use a good firewall + antivirus, then I don't see why you should bother a lot with the security fixes that Microsoft release.

Moreover, automatic updates is still a pain even with a legitimate copy (must each time restart).

Also sometimes updates screw up things.

Sorry Microsoft, No way your WGA thing would stop piracy.

At worst, there's still Linux :D

Some updates are necessary though (security updates and others) , and MS markets WGA as a good thing to consumers because you get discounts on other MS products (if you pass the WGA), but we see WGA as a anti-piracy measure, and it somewhat works in detecting illegal copies, or it can also give out false positives.

Also, you don't have to restart with every update, it's just with some updates.

well that's nice.

*goes on using university/vlk copy*

Thank God for Msdnaa. I've gotten XP Pro (only had XP Home on this laptop, but need Pro for RD server), Vista Business, and Visual Studio :D

Holy ****,the pirates will have a hard time,and this could accelerate Vista adoption

:rolleyes: Not really (on either of the two statements you made). If this WGA breaks any pirate copies, it's only a matter of time until there's a patch to fix it, if there's not one already. I doubt it'll do anything to push more people to use Vista.

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