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NewsMicrosoft disables Internet Explorer 7 validation process
October 8, 2007 Software giant says security reasons were behind the move, but it could help in the race against rival browser Firefox. -
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Blogger offers Windows antipiracy tool workaround
April 28, 2006 Workaround for Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications lets users temporarily disable the antipiracy tool. -
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Microsoft piracy check comes calling
April 24, 2006 Expands program to alert people who run illegal copies of Windows and starts a campaign to fight Office piracy. -
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Microsoft confirms Vista OEM hack
April 12, 2007 Hack may allow users to bypass antipiracy feature, but no action is planned yet, according to a post on the Windows Genuine Advantage blog. -
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Microsoft's private folders become a public headache
July 17, 2006 Company removes Private Folders 1.0 from site following outcry. But the add-on remains available through the weekend, into Monday. -
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Bypass found for Windows piracy check
May 23, 2005 Using a tool from Microsoft, it is possible to get around the company's piracy test, a researcher says. -
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Patch service shuts after Microsoft request
August 29, 2007 AutoPatcher project "probably history," its project manager says, leaving Microsoft to be sole distributor of its software updates. -
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Doing battle with pirates, thieves and flaws
July 5, 2006 The tug-of-war between software makers and those who'd steal or break their software, and between users and those who'd steal their identities. -
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Microsoft sues more resellers in piracy battle
September 19, 2005 The software giant used tips from customers to target eight companies in five states that allegedly sold pirated software. -
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Antipiracy flub for Microsoft
July 29, 2005 Hackers publish a second way to bypass Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage, its newly launched antipiracy software. -
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Fighting Microsoft's piracy check
June 20, 2006 The software pushes ahead with a piracy check tool for Windows as some users complain about system troubles and unwanted data collection. -
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Microsoft faces second WGA lawsuit
July 5, 2006 Plaintiffs in latest lawsuit say antipiracy Windows Genuine Advantage program acts as "spyware." -
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Counting the cost of counterfeiting
May 22, 2006 Microsoft antipiracy exec says the company would rather educate than punish users of pirated software. -
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Another way past Windows antipiracy found
August 6, 2005 Yet another way emerges to bypass Microsoft's validation tool meant to stop people with the pirated OS from getting downloads. -
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Microsoft battles piracy with free software
October 28, 2004 Company lays out booty for nonpirates who prove their Windows software is the real thing. -
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Microsoft: Here's how to halt WGA alerts
June 27, 2006 Along with a new release of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, Microsoft shares how to remove the controversial antipiracy tool. -
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Microsoft's antipiracy tool phones home daily
June 8, 2006 Company vows to notify people better about Windows Genuine Advantage's check-in feature, as a critic likens it to spyware.
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