Posted by rrojas260
Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0 Goes Live
Global anti-piracy initiative ensures software authenticity, performance and support while providing ongoing system improvements.
Microsoft is expected to go live with a program requiring customers to validate that they are running legitimate copies of Windows before they can use Microsoft's download services.
The Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0 program ensured that customers using Windows Update, Microsoft Update for Windows and the Microsoft Download Center raun a program that checked that their Windows operating system (OS) was genuine before they could download updates or new content from those services, said David Lazar, director of Genuine Windows for Microsoft.
The company has been testing the program since September and hads validated more than 48 million systems so far, Lazar said. Until Tuesday the program had been voluntary.
Customers who discovered they had a counterfeit copy of Windows through the program either would be given a free version of the OS or could purchase it for a discounted price, he said.
To get a free version of Windows, a customer must fill out a counterfeit report identifying the source of the software, provide a proof of purchase and send in a counterfeit CD of the software.
If customers disn't have all of that information, they could still fill out a counterfeit report and receive a copy of Windows XP Home Edition for $US99 or a copy of Windows XP Professional Edition for $US149, Lazar said.
Windows XP Home normally sells for $US199 and Windows XP Professional Edition usually costs $299.
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Posted by Jim
Oupsie ... not that I didn't pay for my licenses (with an "s" at the end) but I have pirated copy's installed because I don't want to activate each time by phone when I format my computers.
Posted by Miss UK
I bought a copy of xp pro for a few quid of ebay.. ive got no probs at microsofts site! xp retail costs da bomb!
Posted by mob453
Strange deal. That explains the new microsoft update tool.
Posted by Gigs
Wonder if they'll do that for service packs too lol
Posted by Jools
What's to stop someone making themselves a made-up receipt pretending to be from some dodgy car boot/market trader (who usually disappear anyway), with all made-up information, then filling in a bogus piracy information form (with info about the made-up car boot/market trader) and getting themselves a free copy of Windows?
Posted by Gigs
Because you have to also provide the pirated XP cd that made you think it was real.
Somehow I don't think MS is going to buy it if it has all the right documentation with an imation (or other favourite brand of CD to burn to here
) cd saying "Windows XP Pro" in black vivid and large writing on it.
Posted by rrojas260
Someone will find a way to bypass it in a couple of weeks anyway, or at least i hope so.
Posted by anay
Dont ask me because i heard this off "someone", but its already been cR*cked.
Posted by Jim
Yup got myself a working "bypass"
Posted by DJcreamz
My cracked versoin of XP i used to have before i brought Pro could not be updated any way
Posted by axxxr
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It was cracked within 24 hours and its a extemely simple crack and also happen to know what it is.
Posted by rrojas260
Yes i have my bypass now
Posted by Cornholio_666
i remember when xp came out and m$ said it was almost uncrackable!
M$ should feel shamed, a workaround was found within 24 hours!
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Posted by Jools
News article on The Register about it here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/29/wga_cracked/
The link in the article is probably common knowledge now.
Posted by Gigs
Xp was cracked long before release..
It seems to be rare that software gets released now that it isn't
Mind you, I have a friend that does administration for alot of local internet cafes, the sad thing is he has to goto crack sites for ligitimate oftware simply to get no cd fixes.
You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't it seems.
Posted by Jim
Well I can't make any new updates, Microsoft fixed the exploit. Oh well, untill the next exploit then ...
Posted by Krubach
We just have to wait for the fix's crack...
Posted by kramer_hpal
whaa?? already cracked or why it writes [cracked] at subject ???
Posted by shyam335
its cracked already,took only 24hours (or less!) to crack it intially,simple active X hack.
Posted by Cycovision
It has NOT been cracked, there is workaround that involves cutting and pasting a single line of javascript into the address bar and clicking 'go' before you click on the 'custom' or 'express' install buttons to initiate the update checking process. It is not a crack as such because it is not a permenant fix, and has to be done each time you check for updates
This workaround still works, on my PC at least. But even more simple is to just turn on automatic updates and by-pass the web based validation checker altogether!
Posted by slattery69
alternativly just go into internet explorer options and click on programs then go into manage add ons a list will appear scroll down and find an add on called windows genuine advantage.
hightlight it and set it to disable
now go to windows update and click on it you will get a flashing icon about activex just ignore it and 2 options will appear express and custom
chose custom and pick your updates
Posted by Gigs
Heh theres a few work arounds to this, 1 is to delete 1 file.
The other is to use automatic updates.
Posted by Jim
I have a cracked .dll file which gave me access to new update