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All about Microsoft - Oct 8, 2008
Microsoft has halted -- temporarily, according to company officials -- sales of its Software Licensing and Protection (SLP) Services product.
Also tagged: wga, channel, anti piracy, corporate strategy
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Sep 5, 2008
Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year's report card. Things didn't …
Also tagged: forum, microsoft windows, software, operating systems, report, microsoft corp, microsoft windows vista, ed bott, product key, microsoft windows xp, microsoft windows vista longhorn, microsoft windows genuine advantage, product id number
All about Microsoft - Aug 27, 2008
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 August 26 …
Also tagged: vista, windows xp, windows client, wga, service pack, anti piracy, corporate strategy
All about Microsoft - Apr 18, 2008
Microsoft is acknowledging that on April 15 it accidentally delivered its new Office Genuine Notifications to users outside of its planned pilot areas of Chile, Italy, Spain and Turkey. Infoworld quotes Cori Hartje …
Also tagged: office 2007, office, wga, anti piracy, oga
All about Microsoft - Apr 8, 2008
Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Office that will add a “nag-like” feature, akin to what is now part of Windows Vista, to Office. Office already currently includes …
Also tagged: office 2007, office, wga, anti piracy, corporate strategy, oga
security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Mar 5, 2008
It seems that hackers have figured out how to resurrect news about a Vista activation hack that's over a year old. Yesterday I received several emails from readers pointing to a post on Slashdot. The site was …
Also tagged: hacking, security, hacker, microsoft windows vista, adrian kingsley hughes
hardware News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Feb 11, 2008
My post on the Vista SP1 activation hack has generated a lot of feedback (especially in the form of questions) from both individuals and other media outlets. I've put together this post in order to answer some of …
Also tagged: hardware, microsoft windows, software, oem, hack, operating systems, microsoft windows vista, bios, components, microsoft windows vista longhorn, adrian kingsley hughes, microsoft windows vista sp1
All about Microsoft - Dec 11, 2007
Microsoft has begun making a near-final Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 available to anyone interested in trying out the new build -- the same way that it is doing with Vista SP1.
Also tagged: windows xp, windows client, wga, service pack, anti piracy
All about Microsoft - Nov 10, 2007
In its ongoing quest to make sure that no potential Windows revenue source is left untapped, Microsoft is expanding its tentacles deeper into the refurbished PC marketplace.
Also tagged: windows xp, windows client, wga, channel, anti piracy, resellers, corporate strategy, system builders, oems
All about Microsoft - Oct 5, 2007
A day after Microsoft rolled out a refresh of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 that no longer requires Windows Genuine Validation (WGA) checks, industry watchers are speculating as to why the company did so. Why do you think …
Also tagged: internet explorer, wga, anti piracy, corporate strategy