To date, with its Genuine Advantage anti-piracy programs, Microsoft (MSFT) has targeted consumers. Windows and Office users have been required to validate their ...

Genuine Microsoft products contain piracy prevention features that can be checked with the help of the Windows Comparison Guide, the Office Comparison Guide, and the Installed Microsoft Software tool.

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After you install your genuine copy of the Windows operating system on your computer, you are required to activate Windows 11/10/8/7 within a stipulated period of time. If you do not, you will see a ...

When Microsoft confirmed it will offer free Windows 10 upgrades to pirates worldwide, many were shocked. VentureBeat has been trying to get more details from the company, which disclosed today that ...

Microsoft is stepping up its war on software pirates by rolling out new Windows Genuine notification software for what it is calling its most pirated version of Windows: Windows XP Professional. In an ...

Add or Remove Programs entry for Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130). The Windows Genuine Advantage program (WGA) helps you determine whether your copy of Windows is genuine. If it ...

Add or Remove Programs entry for Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications (KB905474). Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is a program that notifies you if a copy of Windows is not genuine.

Just when it looks like Microsoft might be coming around, at least somewhat, on the boondoggle that is User Account Control in its upcomig Windows Vista operating system, the company loses all ...

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software is installed on computers running Windows XP via Microsoft’s online update services. For most XP users, that means Automatic Updates, which Microsoft has ...

The definitive statement is in: Microsoft will not be offering consumers who are running Non-Genuine versions of Windows 7 and 8.1 a free upgrade to Windows 10 for the first year the operating system ...