Microsoft to Black Out Windows XP Pirates

[Th3 KiNg]

Microsoft updates WGA notifications for Windows XP

Alex Kochis, director of Microsoft's Genuine Windows team, has announced that its counterfeit software detection tool - Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) - will be updated this week.

The latest version of WGA, to be deployed to customers via Windows Update, is designed to be easier to install and customers running the latest existing release won't be required to repeat the install process again.

Armed with the ability to detect the latest batch of stolen product keys or other attempts at illegally avoiding activation, the updated WGA will focus its attention on illegitimate installations of Windows XP Professional - the most counterfeited edition of Windows, says Microsoft.

As with previous WGA releases, users will be notified at boot that they might be a victim of software counterfeiting. That'll be followed by an all-black desktop background and persistent system tray notifications.
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[ravi]

Thanks for update :)

[saqib]

Huh, many times heared this type of news. Microsoft cant do anything to pirated users. This time also there will come some cure for pirated users :) BTW, most pirated users disable automatic updates.

[Th3 KiNg]

^^ Crack is already available on the internet. A simple google search is sufficent. Wonder why do they spend so much money on R&D?

[jadejade128]

Its impossible to crack down such huge scope of area..I dont have any idea how they will do..for a time they can maybe but piracy will evolve and will come out of another piracy.