Items tagged with Windows Genuine Advantage
    
 
        
            
            
                
                    
                    
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                        Joel Hruska - Fri, Feb 12, 2010
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        If Microsoft maintains a list of its least-popular ideas, initiatives, and software programs, Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) has to be near the top. Initially marketed as a voluntary tool when it launched in September of 2004, Microsoft announced just six months later that any user who wanted...
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                        Joel Hruska - Fri, Jul 31, 2009
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        Microsoft's latest operating system is still several months away from store shelves, but a team of Chinese hackers has reportedly found a workaround for the latest iteration of WGA. The hack is similar to cracks we saw with Vista, and uses an OEM BIOS to trick the OS into believing it doesn't need to activate. Microsoft is less than thrilled...
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