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

With Windows 10 reaching the end of its official support in late 2025, 2026 is the ideal time for users to plan their upgrade ...

Microsoft's operating systems and Office suites have been prime targets for software pirates throughout the company's history. In 2007, for example, more than $2 billion worth of counterfeit Microsoft ...

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 ...

In both cases, you’ll want to explain that a recent hardware change has caused your computer to think that your copy of Windows is not legitimate. The support representative should be able to take ...

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 ...

There's been a lot of talk about Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage, with several security experts declaring it to be spyware or spyware-like. To make things worse, a software worm that disguises ...