WGA, OGA -When do we get UGA?
User Genuine Advantage, that?s when Microsoft actually lets you use the product you paid for without nag screens and prompts all over the place -ok, it doesn't exist, but I already feel a need for it.
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1.5.2006 WGA and OGA Servers Down
According to Ars Technica, the servers responsible for activating new installs of Windows and Office are currently down due to an unspecified reason.
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20.7.2008 OGA Patcher v1.7.111.0
This is the latest version of Office Genuine Advantage Crack. This Crack will replace OGACheckControl.DLL with a cracked on automatically
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30.3.2009 Office Genuine Advantage (OGA), Now Mandatory
If you don't like the mandatory anti-piracy checks that Microsoft now enforces for Windows, brace yourself. The Microsoft Office productivity and collaboration suite is about to get a similar program.
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27.10.2006 Disable and Remove OGA Office Not Genuine Notifications Uninstall KB949810
After installing Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) Notifications (KB949810) from Windows Update, OGA Validation will perform genuine test on installed Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007 and Office 2010 software. If Office product is validated as not genuine, “This copy of Microsoft Office is not genuine” notification message will be displayed on notification area (system tray), at splash screen during Office program (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) startup, and at Office’s toolbar or ribbon with extra “Get Genuine Office” tab or element.
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18.10.2009 Genuine Advantage Cracked WGA v1.9.40.0 & OGA v2.0.48.0
This Installer will resolve both WGA and OGA validation issues. Microsoft Genuine Advantage Validation Cracked, WGA v1.9.40.0 & OGA v2.0.48.0 Release Date: September 07, 2009
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16.9.2009 Uninstall Office Genuine Advantage Notifications Notifier (KB949810) with OGA Uninstaller
Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) is another initiative by Microsoft to stem the piracy and counterfeit copy of Microsoft Office business producitivity suite and applications.
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12.10.2009 Office Genuine Advantage Notifications OGA KB949810 v2.0.48.0 Released To More Markets
For users who are installing Microsoft Office 2007 productivity suite with Office 2007 Blue Edition or other illegal and pirated Office downloads, which make use of volume licensing product key (VLK) to activate (or bypass activation requirement of) Office 2007, beware of KB949810 Office Genuine Advantage Notifications update, which will inactivate Office applications and display the nagging “not genuine” notification messages.
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26.8.2009 Three million of IE7 in first 4 days
IEBLOG: In the first four days over three million of you have already downloaded the final release.
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25.10.2006 30 Days: Windows Vista
On June 30, Microsoft is scheduled to pull the OEM distribution plug on Windows XP. In 30 days. That's all before the older operating system largely disappears from new PCs.
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2.6.2008 Windows 7 RTM Will Take 101 Days
According to information Microsoft provided its OEM partners with, the RTM of Windows 7 is planned to take a full 101 days.
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10.11.2008 How to bypass Vista 30 days activation
Next way how to bypass Vista 30 days activation. This how to is for Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.
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29.12.2006 Official Way to Use Vista without Activation 120 Days
Official Way to Install and Use Windows Vista without Activation for Free for 120 Days!
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22.2.2007 Measuring the Success of Vista's First 100 Days
As Windows Vista reaches its first meaningful milestone--100 days of widespread availability, as measured from its January 29 consumer launch--it's time to begin analyzing whether the product is truly successful. Back in March, Microsoft announced that Vista sales were record setting, with more than 20 million Vista licenses sold in its first 30 days on the market, a rate double that of its predecessor, Windows XP.
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9.5.2007 Windows v Linux - Days of risk in 2006
Microsoft’s Jeff Jones has released his “days of risk” comparison of security vulnerabilities fixed in the major workstation operating systems in an attempt to prove his controversial argument that Windows users are arguably safer than those using Linux, Mac OS X or Solaris.
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15.6.2007 Try Windows Home Server for 120 days
Microsoft is offering a 4 month trial of Windows Home Server for evaluation purposes.
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3.11.2007 Yes, a Windows Vista SP1 Installation Can Take Up to 4 Days!
Yes, the process associated with the deployment of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 can take as much as four days before completion.
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15.1.2008 Remembering Windows XP’s early days
I am amused by the current lovefest going on with Windows XP. It’s the greatest operating system ever, in the minds of some, especially compared to the allegedly bloated, slow Windows Vista. In fact, InfoWorld has gone so far as to kick off a “Save XP” petition drive.
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25.2.2008 88,400 PS3s Sold in Japan in 2 Days
Supplies of the PlayStation 3 are all but gone after retailers blew through their inventory in under a week, Japanese gaming magazine Enterbrain reported. 88,400 units were sold over the weekend, nearly all of the 100,000 units initially available.
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13.11.2006 Internet Explorer Unsafe for 284 Days in 2006!
Internet Explorer users were at risk for 284 days in 2006 because of delays in patching known flaws, according to a security blog.
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6.1.2007 How to activate Windows Vista Ultimate for 180 days
Thanks to soulplane who report this crack method in
our forum. The method is very similar to the as we report about in
Next Vista 2099 Time crack. In the crack is short "SCREENSHOTs TUTORIAL".
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23.1.2007 Gates to Tout First 100 Days of Vista at WinHEC
The 2,700 attendees at Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference here are going to get an earful about Windows Vista, the upcoming Windows Server "Longhorn" and Windows Home Server—and that's just from the keynote addresses.
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15.5.2007 Apple Sells 525,000 iPhones in Three Days
Everyone knew that the iPhone was going to be big from the moment it was announced in early January. Apple CEO Steve Jobs hailed the device as the ultimate in mobile communications given that it could function as a phone, a mobile Internet device and as an iPod.
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3.7.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate Extras, Less than 3 days and counting
Microsoft has 2 & 1/2 days left until Summer ends and the first day of fall officially starts. and still no word on what or if anything is happening with Ultimate Extras.
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20.9.2007 MS: Nobody Wants to Pay $500 for Apples Logo These Days
Steve Ballmer, the head of Microsoft Corp., has made a rather radical prediction: sales of Apple computers were about to drop since the biggest thing Macintosh systems provide is the Apple logotype on them.
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26.3.2009 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 RTM will on MSDN within days
Rumors have been flying everywhere that Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 will be RTM (Released to Manufacturing) and on MSDN in a matter of days. Orginally thought to be on MSDN for download on October 14th, the release supposedly got slipped because the final RC build failed a regression test.
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Extending The Windows Vista Grace Period to 120 Days
If you're on the fence about the impending release of Windows Vista, I recommend trying before you buy. Every Vista DVD includes
the ability to install any edition of Vista without a product key. When you install without a product key, you get an automatic 30 day evaluation period.* This probably isn't news to anyone.
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1.2.2007 Get Free NOD32 License with Valid Username and Password for 90-Days
NOD32 is a popular antivirus software that ranks one of the best and most accurate detection and lowest failure rate.
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19.12.2006 Rearming Vista SP1 to Live 120 Days with No Product Key
With Windows Vista, Microsoft brought to the table an entirely overhauled activation architecture compared to Windows XP.
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10.1.2008 How to Rearm and Extend Free Usage Activation Grace Period of Windows 7 to 120 Days
Windows 7 (SeVeN) is probably going to continue the trial software trend that starts with Windows Vista’s rearm, that user can install Windows 7 without any product key for free usage of 30 days as evaluation period.
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5.11.2008WGA and OGA Servers Down
According to Ars Technica, the servers responsible for activating new installs of Windows and Office are currently down due to an unspecified reason.
The issue became apparent after several users attempted to activate Office 2003 with no avail, even as early as this morning, and a Microsoft
representative confirmed that the servers were offline. Fortunately, this seems to be simply a case of prolonged downtime, rather than an actual
activation error, as was this case in August of last year, when the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software acidentally labelled legitimate installs
as pirated versions. Users affected by this issue can still take advantage of the built-in 30-day grace period until the servers are brought back
up.
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19.07.2008Office Genuine Advantage (OGA), Now Mandatory
If you don't like the
mandatory anti-piracy checks
that Microsoft now enforces
for Windows, brace yourself.
The Microsoft Office
productivity and collaboration
suite is about to get a
similar program.
The company's Office
Genuine Advantage (OGA)
program will require mandatory
validation of Office software
starting October 27, the
software vendor quietly
disclosed today. After that
date, any Office Online
templates downloaded from
within the Office 2007
Microsoft Office System
applications will require
validation of legitimacy.
Similarly, starting in
January, users of Office
Update will have to validate
the legitimacy of their Office
software before they can use
the service, Microsoft
added.
Users
absolutely hated the first
iteration of the Windows
Genuine Advantage (WGA)
program, and their protests
pressured the company into
revising it about a year after
it launched in July 2005.
Microsoft said in a
press statement that the
validation process will be
"quick and simple" for
users. The OGA program,
currently in the testing
phase, is now available in 26
languages worldwide. OGA is a
sibling program to WGA; both
automatically check a user's
version of Microsoft software
to ensure it is not
counterfeit or pirated.
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27.10.2006Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage ‘nag' to Office
Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Office that will add a “nag-like” feature, akin to
what is now part of Windows Vista, to Office.
Office already currently
includes an Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) validation mechanism (for Office XP and Office 2007), but Microsoft doesn’t do
a whole lot to “punish” those it deems to be running non-Genuine versions of Office. However, as part of a
new OGA notifications pilot program — which
Microsoft is launching in Chile, Italy, Spain and Turkey, according to an April 8 announcement buried in a Q&A on Microsoft’s Web site —
Microsoft is set to turn up the unpleasantness a notch.
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09.04.200830 Days: Windows Vista
On June 30, Microsoft is scheduled to pull the OEM distribution plug on Windows XP. In 30 days. That's all before the older operating system
largely disappears from new PCs. The "largely" qualifier is because downgrade rights will still be available to some customers, and system builders
can ship PCs with XP through January 2009.
The next 30 days are crucial for anyone still wanting to easily obtain Windows XP on new PCs.
But why wait? Why not try Vista, and only Vista, for the next 30 days? Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock pioneered the 30-days concept in the movie
"Supersize Me," where he only ate McDonalds food for, you guessed it, 30 days. The concept continues in the FX series "30 Days." I don't
believe that Morgan has done a 30-day stretch with Windows Vista, but maybe he should.
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02.06.20083 Million IE7 Downloads in 4 Days
Microsoft is heralding the
launch of Internet Explorer 7
as a success, announcing that
the new browser has been
downloaded three million times
in the first four days. Early
next month, customers will
begin receiving IE7
automatically, at which time
adoption numbers will likely
skyrocket...
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26.10.2006Pirate Bay trial closes, verdict in 45 days
After ten days of hearings, closing statements were heard in the Pirate Bay copyright infringement trial.
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04.03.2009Orange sells 30,000 French iPhones in 5 days, but is it a success?
The first official numbers are coming in from the iPhone launch in Europe, with France Telecom's wireless arm Orange announcing it sold 30,000 phones
in five days...
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05.12.2007Apple: Try a Mac Mini for 30 Days
Apple quietly added an option to its Web site earlier this week allowing for customers to test out the company's Mac Mini product for a period of thirty days. The promotion is only being honored through Apple's online store...
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31.08.2005146,000 iPhones Activated in First Two Days
Although Apple won't announce
its quarterly earnings that
will include the first two
days of iPhone sales until
Wednesday, AT&T said Tuesday
that it had activated 146,000
iPhones on the 29th and 30th
of June, far below analyst
expectations...
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25.07.2007Apple gives MobileMe subscribers more free time
Subscribers who have remained with MobileMe through its continued growing pains will be rewarded with another 60 days free, bringing the total free
time to 90 days...
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20.08.2008Windows Vista Grace Period Extended to 120 Days
Every Vista DVD includes the
ability to install any edition
of Vista without a product
key. When you install without
a product key, you get an
automatic 30 day evaluation
period. This probably isn't
news to anyone.
What may be news
to you, however, is that you
can easily extend the 30-day
Windows Vista grace period to
120 days. No hacks required.
This is an official, supported
operation directly from
Microsoft.
To extend the grace period
another 30 days, simply start
a command prompt as
Administrator, and issue this
command:
slmgr -rearm
Reboot for the
change to take effect, and
voila, you have 30 more days.
You can only extend three
times, so the total grace
period for a Vista evaluation
is 120 days.
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01.02.2007Reminder: Last day to download Windows 7 RC in two days
Two days from now Microsoft will remove the Windows 7 Release Candidate from their website. If you want to test out Windows 7 for free, then you will
need to download this before the 20th August, 2009. Windows 7 users who are currently on the release candidate will not have to worry until March 1,
2010 and June 1, 2010 when bi-hourly shutdowns and license expiration's will begin. Alternatively, if you want to get your hands on the final
release now, Windows 7 RTM is now available to Technet Plus and MSDN subscribers.
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18.08.2009Microsoft admits it sent Office nag to all WSUS servers
System administrators have ripped Microsoft Corp. for pushing a trial anti-piracy program meant for limited distribution to all enterprise update
servers, a mistake that has triggered false warnings of Office counterfeits.
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced it would
kick off a pilot program for software to
display nagging notices on copies of Office that it deems fake. The program, part of the Office Genuine Advantage (OGA)
initiative, which already requires users to validate their software as legitimate, was to run in only four countries: Chile, Italy, Spain and Turkey.
The notices would appear on machines running phony copies of Office XP (called Office 2002 by some), Office 2003 and Office 2007.
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20.04.2008Symantec Struggles to Separate 'Exploit' From 'Vulnerability'
A tremendous amount of
confusion has arisen in recent
days over whether security
firm Symantec actually
discovered a new vulnerability
in Microsoft Word three days
ago, or simply uncovered a new
exploit of an existing problem
that Microsoft already
acknowledged. In what appears
to be an effort at
backtracking, Symantec today
appears to be saying both
simultaneously...
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02.02.2007Official Way to Use Vista without Activation 120 Days
Official Way to Install and
Use Windows Vista without
Activation for Free for 120
Days
By default,
Windows Vista can be
installed, used and run
without any license, product
key or the need of activation
for 30 days grace period, for
purpose of trial or
evaluation. Although Microsoft
initially stressed that users
should purchase a license with
valid product key before the
trial period expires, or else
Windows Vista will lock into
Reduced Functionality Mode.
However, a "rearm" method
has long since been discovered
to be able to extend, or reset
the remaining time for
activation to another fresh 30
days, for up to 3 times.
Now Microsoft has
confirmed that Windows Vista
can be used and run for 120
days or 4 months ( 3
rearms ), and extending the
activation grace period is not
a violation of the Vista End
User License Agreement (EULA).
All versions of Vista include
Windows Vista Ultimate allow a
30-day free period without
activation, except the
corporate-oriented Vista
Enterprise, which supports
only a three-day trial.
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22.02.2007IP Stability of MP3 Unravels as Texas Firm Sues Apple, Others
Just days prior to a
tremendous loss by Microsoft
in a jury trial over the MP3
format sent warning signs
about the uncertain structural
integrity of MP3's
intellectual property, a
previously unknown Texas-based
firm filed suit ten days ago
in federal court in Marshall,
in defense of patents it
claims it acquired from
one-time MP3 chip powerhouse
SigmaTel...
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26.02.2007Just over 30 days until Office 2003 SP3 available via Microsoft Update automatic distribution
The MU and Office Team: Just wanted to give you a heads up on our promised 30 days notice before making Office 2003 SP3 available via Microsoft Update
automatic distribution (for Vista and XP). We released SP3 for Office 2003 to customers about 4 months ago. Since then weve heard some great
feedback on what it is doing for customers be it in the enterprise, consumer, or other segments. In some cases people probably dont even know that
its working for them, which is just perfect. The security improvements are working just like they should in that case :).
That
said, we wanted to use the MU blog as one of many avenues to alert our customers to the fact that we will be distributing SP3 automatically via
Microsoft Update approximately 30 days from January 27th. We say approximately because the availability will happen gradually and not everyone will
see it at the same time. Think of the 27th as the marker and no sooner than 30 days from then is when SP3 will start to become available to
customers' systems.
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26.01.2008Yahoo outdoes Google, will scrub search logs after 90 days
It's a race to the bottom, but in a good way. Yahoo today announced an "industry-leading approach" to online privacy under which it will anonymize
its log data after 90 days. The move comes only months after Google cut its own retention period for personal data by 50 percent, and it gives Yahoo
by far the strongest anonymization policy of the big three search engines.
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17.12.2008Reminder: 3 days left to enter our prize give-away
Just a quick reminder to all members, our give-away ends on the 18th May at 23:59 GMT. Don't forget to enter and complete our survey. Enter here
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16.05.2009Safari 4 hits 11 million downloads in three days
As Apple continues to fight for more market share it will continue to put pressure on all facets of the computer industry. Today Apple has announced
that Safari 4, the newest update to their web browser, was downloaded 11 million times in three days. The 11 million mark breaks down to 6 million
downloads for Windows and 5 million downloads for the OS X platform. Apple claims that its browser is the "world's fastest, most innovative
browser and is built on the world's most advanced browser technologies". The news only gets better for Apple with word that Microsoft will not
be shipping Internet Explorer with Windows 7 in Europe.
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