Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage servers experienced severe disruption over the weekend, stopping users validating their Microsoft software. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is the mechanism that ...

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Late last week, with absolutely no public announcement, Microsoft quietly retired one cog in its antipiracy machine. An anonymous tipster informed me on Friday that Microsoft had shut down its Office ...

Microsoft made a bit of an odd move on the quiet last week, and it's leaving industry analysts wondering. The company, without fanfare or publicity, shut down its Windows Office Genuine Advantage ...

Microsoft has quietly ended a security program that required users to verify the legitimacy of their Office copy to get certain updates and add-ons. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers ...

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

Windows Genuine Advantage is an anti-piracy tool loathed by many, tolerated by some, and even appreciated by others. How you feel about it may depend in part on whether or not you've been caught in ...

Microsoft’s description of the update — particularly the fact that it was not removable – was also cause for concern. And, as is always the case, Microsoft tried to make it sound like its various anti ...

Back, in March, I wrote an article for PC World on the worst Microsoft product names of all time. One of my nominees was Windows Genuine Advantage, the anti-piracy technology that’s suffered at least ...

Microsoft has gone live with Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0, and has made it mandatory for all users wanting to use its popular "Update" sites. WGA, as it's called, is a program aimed at validating ...

The Q&A has been updated to add a question and answer about WGA Notifications being distributed through Automatic Updates. REDMOND, Wash., June 8, 2006 — On April 24 as part of the Genuine Software ...