Genuine Advantage Cracked Again

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited August 2005 in Science & Tech
Microsoft's efforts to fight counterfeiting have hit another snag today with the posting of a new method claimed to get around the recently introduced Windows Genuine Advantage system only days after Microsoft patched the first flaw found.
Microsoft last week made the Windows piracy check mandatory for all customers who want to download add-ons for Windows XP and 2000. The effort, dubbed Windows Genuine Advantage, requires users to verify that they have a legitimate copy of the operating system before they can get files from Microsoft's download Web sites.
I'm shocked by this news. Absolutely stunned...

Source: News.com

Comments

  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Spinner, if I were you, I'd set up a script that makes the 2 following posts, "Microsoft genuine advantage cracked, again" and one that says "Microsoft once again closes loopholes in genuine advantage". I think you want to run them about every 4 days.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2005
    DanG wrote:
    Spinner, if I were you, I'd set up a script that makes the 2 following posts, "Microsoft genuine advantage cracked, again" and one that says "Microsoft once again closes loopholes in genuine advantage". I think you want to run them about every 4 days.
    Good idea. ;D
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Better yet, just make it 'sticky' and add a red light/ green light as to the current status. Then again, by the time the news gets this far it may have changed a dozen or so times. ;D
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * 2);messages = new Array(2);messages[0] = "<font color=\"red\">hacked</font>";messages[1] = "<font color=\"green\">fixed</font>";document.write("Windows Genuine Advantage is currently: " + messages[rand] + "\n");</script>
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    mtgoat wrote:
    Better yet, just make it 'sticky' and add a red light/ green light as to the current status. Then again, by the time the news gets this far it may have changed a dozen or so times. ;D
    ;D;D Very good
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2005
    Hey Dan, thats BS. In another news Item we gave instructions on how to turn XP Home into XP Pro Light. Whats the difference, you are recieving/using/hacking/whatever a software product that you did not recieve. Be consistent.

    And it is NOT fixed. I just tried it Friday night.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    mmonnin wrote:
    Hey Dan, thats BS. In another news Item we gave instructions on how to turn XP Home into XP Pro Light. Whats the difference, you are recieving/using/hacking/whatever a software product that you did not recieve. Be consistent.

    And it is NOT fixed. I just tried it Friday night.
    Because it's ILLEGAL :mad:

    Thats why!
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