For those of you who run illegal copies of XP

[cisco]

Microsoft is enforcing an update that will update your WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) tool. It will scan different points in your registry to see if your copy is legit or not. If it's not, you will be notified and within a week, you will not be able to boot into Windows.

Here's the MSKBA. You may have noticed that a lot of MS links on their downloads page have a new icon beside them that symbolize WGA.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905474/en-us

 

[GreenAndGray]

Chances are that this will render a lot of legitimamte XP copies obsolete, as previous software did.

 

[ImFeklhr]

We have a computer or two at the office that doesn't have the correct copy of XP installed on it. Someone lost some keys or something, I'm not sure. We have dozens of legal licenses, so clearly we are not stealing anything.

This verification has been around for months, and I haven't heard anything about the policy changing. It just prevents you from downloading non-critical updates.

I honestly don't think they will make a computer unusable, because it would be a PR nightmare.

I don't see anything in that link, that suggests a change in this policy. Maybe I am missing something?

 

[saint]

Guys, beware about posting stuff like this.

You might get chastised by IO and rrc.