When will the last genuine copy of Windows XP fail to successfully run Microsoft's ever-growing gauntlet of anti-piracy weapons? If you think about, it would seem to be just a matter of time until all ...

A couple of months ago we told you about the new incarnation of Windows Genuine Advantage (see “Microsoft aims to keep software piracy at bay with ‘time bombs’,”) which would gradually disable Windows ...

Under fire for reports that Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) misidentifies some genuine copies of Windows XP as pirated, Microsoft Corp. took the unusual step this week of releasing statistics about ...

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is designed to combat piracy by installing software on users' PC that periodically checks to see if their version of Windows is authentic before allowing them to ...

Windows 7 is suddenly telling users it isn't genuine -- and it has nothing to do with Windows being stolen Have you been following this month’s Black Tuesday bounty of problematic patches? Good. I ...

Microsoft on Thursday responded to user outrage over a new antipiracy plug-in that blacks out the screen of computers loaded with pirated software. “We are extremely grateful for our users’ attention.

Since July 2005, one in five computers running Windows have failed so-called Windows Genuine Advantage tests according to data from Microsoft.<BR><BR> Story.