Windows Genuine Advantage Validation - WGA Validation Crack 1.9.9.1 (1.9.0009.1)
You can still use the WGA Patcher to get only Updates through Windows Update!
download -
comments -
19.2.2009 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation - WGA Validation Crack 1.9.9.1 (1.9.0009.1)
You can still use the WGA Patcher to get only Updates through Windows Update!
download -
comments -
19.2.2009 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation - WGA Patcher v1.7.17.0 Crack
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.17.0 Crack for Windows XP.
download -
comments -
27.2.2007 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation 1.5.530.0 crack
You can still use the WGA Patcher to get only Updates through Windows Update!
If theres a new crack, Ill added to this website! Sorry for this problem!
download -
comments -
26.9.2006 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation 1.5.723.1 CRACK
Next version of WGA. How to bypass Windows Genuine Advantage Check on Windows XP 1.5.723.1?
download -
comments -
26.12.2006 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation - WGA Patcher v 1.5.708.0 Download
Windows Genuine Advantage Patcher 1.5.708.0 Plus!
By:Matt in our forum
download -
comments -
28.9.2006 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.5.716.0 CRACK
Are you one of them who starts you're computer and see a sign with the sentence you're computer can be a false version or something like that, It is a false version.
download -
comments -
17.11.2006 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.5.722.0 Crack
How to bypass Windows Genuine Advantage Check on Windows XP 1.5.722.0?
download -
comments -
13.12.2006 Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Final Genuine Windows Validation Bypass and Crack
Microsoft has released final version of Internet Explorer 7, the next generation of web browser with enhanced security and most-want features.
microsoft -
comments -
3.11.2006 Paradox Vista activator + WGA crack
Mrx report this activator in
our forum by words: "This is the newest Activation+WGA crack, you can download all updates for now from Windows Update."
download -
comments -
5.3.2007 Windows Genuine Advantage Notification Wga crack 1.8.31.9
You should know by now that Microsoft enhanced Windows anti piracy measures with Genuine Advantage Wga 1.8.31.9.
download -
comments -
24.9.2008 New WGA Update to Detect and Nuke Windows Vista SoftMod Activation Crack
Microsoft has decided to tighten the grip on ability for pirates and crackers to crack and bypass Windows Vista activation scheme, by releasing an WGA update to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition based system that will detect the presence of SoftMod hack activation exploit, which is currently been pioneered by Vista Loader. However, its unclear if the WGA technology update will indeed detect both SoftMod and Vista Loader, or just SoftMod activation crack, which is the predecessor version to much enhanced Vista Loader.
windows -
comments -
26.2.2009 About WGA, WGA Notifiction and WGA Patcher
Thanks to Matt for this article in our forum. Current WGA version- 1.5.723.1 As Of 12/18/06. Current WGA Patcher version-WGA Patcher Permanent Kit v1.0!
windows -
comments -
19.2.2007 Windows Vista Stop Time Crack + Genuine file NEW CRACK
zapp2 report this next Windows Vista Stop Time Crack and Vista Genuine file NEW CRACK in
our forum. This is first Vista WGA crack.
download -
comments -
12.2.2007 How to recover from the Vista Validation update
Well, I wasn't paying attention and installed the validaton update. Oops.
windows -
comments -
17.12.2006 Windows Vista Validation Update (KB929391)
Microsoft have just posted a Windows Vista Genuine Validation Update to Windows Update.
windows -
comments -
16.12.2006 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation 1.7.18.1
Thanks to setter_gr who report this download in our forum. This is newest version on WGA Validation patcher.
download -
comments -
27.3.2007 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation 1.9.40.0
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation 1.9.40.0 [2 Authors Exclusive]. Users who have an unlicensed version of , as we know, can not updates from the official site.
download -
comments -
2.4.2009 Bypass and Disable Genuine Windows Validation Check
Microsoft has made it harder for illegitimate, or for whatever reason, your copy of Microsoft Windows couldn't be validated, users to retrieve updates via Microsoft Updates or Windows Update, and download programs from Microsoft Download Center.
windows -
comments -
19.5.2006 Remove Windows Vista Validation update (KB929391)
channi011 write this Solution to Windows Vista Validation update (KB929391) - READ CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.
windows -
comments -
2.1.2006 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.36.0 patch
I just found the latest Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.36.0 cracked by Team ETH0. Release date of this cracked WGA is on 17 May 2007.
download -
comments -
20.5.2007 Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developers
Microsoft is planning to deliver on October 1 to third-party software developers a set of technologies that will allow them to add code protection and activation mechanisms to their own software.
microsoft -
comments -
13.7.2007 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.8.32.0 CRACKED
A new version of Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool has been released by Microsoft.
download -
comments -
26.10.2008 Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.8.32.1 CRACKED
100% working on Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update
download -
comments -
1.12.2008 Uninstall or Remove Windows Vista Validation Update (KB929391) and Workarounds
Windows Vista Validation Update (
KB929391) has just been
released and deployed to Vista computer that are what called by Microsoft as “
frankenbuild” system that use the workaround of mixing files from RC and RTM build to activate the Windows Vista.
windows -
comments -
20.12.2006 Windows Vista Genuine Validation Fails Due to Incorrect BIOS Data
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in his blog. Even if the operating system was activated properly.
windows -
comments -
27.6.2007 Microsoft Kills Windows and Office Validation Assistant Anti-Piracy Efforts
Microsoft's anti-piracy efforts will undertake a major overhauling. The Redmond company plans to take down both the Windows Validation Assistant and the Office Validation Assistant.
microsoft -
comments -
5.7.2007 New WGA Tool on it's way
An updated version of Microsoft's WGA Tool for Windows XP, is on it's way out thru Windows Update.
windows -
comments -
1.12.2006 Microsoft WGA Becomes Nagware
Microsoft announced that on Tuesday it will make Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) more bothersome than ever. A new update for WGA is now on the Windows Update website as a mandatory update. Once installed, your copy of Windows will be checked for validity
microsoft -
comments -
26.4.2006 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.
microsoft -
comments -
1.5.2006Even with Vista SP1, Hackers Still Crack WGA
The fact that Microsoft has relaxed its antipiracy mechanism built into Windows Vista concomitantly with the release of Service Pack 1 failed
to stop hackers from providing a crack for the latest version of Windows Genuine Advantage Validation. Various reports point out that Genuine
Advantage Validation and Notifications versions 1.7.69.1 (1.7.0069.1) and 1.7.69.2 released in March 2008, following the March 18 availability of
Windows Vista SP1 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center, have been cracked.
The workaround is designed to be integrated
with pirated copies of Windows XP and Windows Vista in order to render useless the WGA Validation mechanism. According to the reports, applying the
WGA crack will permit users of counterfeit versions of Windows to access and download items from Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center and
Microsoft Update. The pirated operating systems with the cracked WGA will pass all validations on Microsoft's websites and offer anything from
updates to applications that are restricted to users of genuine operating systems only.
neowin.net - 02.04.2008
Addressing WGA validation issues
From what I personally noticed while reading about the WGA issue around the web, it was much more than just a "very few customers were affected".
Perhaps Microsoft should rethink their validation strategy after this near-disaster?
Earlier today (25 August) we began
receiving reports of Windows Vista customers running genuine systems but experiencing failures when attempting a Windows Genuine Advantage validation.
This situation has since been resolved and validations are now being processed successfully.
We've since learned that very
few customers were affected. Sr. Product Manager Alex Kochis and a team of engineers have been working on the issue and has blogged about it to keep customers
up-to-date. Customers who received an incorrect validation response can fix their system by revalidating. I'd encourage anyone who received a validation failure since Friday evening to visit this site now; after
successfully revalidating, any affected system should be rebooted to ensure that genuine-only features are restored.
Alex will be
updating his blog with information as more information comes to light.
winbeta.org - 26.08.2007
Microsoft Kills Windows Validation and Office Validation Anti-Piracy Efforts
Microsoft's anti-piracy
efforts will undertake a major
overhauling. The Redmond
company plans to take down
both the Windows Validation
Assistant and the Office
Validation Assistant.
However, Microsoft is
going to fill in the empty
spaces left by the
discontinuing of WVA and OVA
with Windows Comparison Guide
(WCG) and the Office
Comparison Guide (OCG).
Additionally there is also the
old trust Windows Genuine
Advantage and Office Genuine
Advantage that will survive
the anti-piracy cancelled
services. Still, this is not
the end of the upgrades in
stored for the Microsoft
anti-piracy programs. Feature
updates and additions are also
planned to be introduced.
"We're finally
taking down both the Windows
Validation Assistant and the
Office Validation Assistant.
The WVA was a prototype for
WGA; it was the first tool
launched that offered a
web-based validation that
could help find evidence that
a copy wasn't genuine that
otherwise might be hard for
the average person to find
(such as bad or leaked product
keys, etc.) The good news is
that we're replacing the WVA
with the Windows Comparison
Guide (WCG) and the Office
Comparison Guide (OCG). These
guides offer much of the same
functionality as the WVA did
by walking users through a
quiz that helps them match the
anti-piracy features of the
products they have, but
without the web-based
validation. For that we're
pointing people directly to WGA,"
revealed Alex
Kochis, a senior licensing
manager on the WGA team. ..
winbeta.org - 04.07.2007
Microsoft Adds Firefox Support
to WGA
Firefox users may still be out
of the luck when it comes to
Windows Update, but they can
now download files from
Microsoft that require Windows
Genuine Advantage validation
thanks to a new plug-in. WGA
checks to make sure the
Windows license is legit and
is now a requirement on the
Microsoft Download Center...
betanews.com - 17.11.2005
Microsoft issues warning to VLK customers over WGA fail
Phil Liu of Microsoft has
reported problems with the
Windows Genuine Advantage
authentication method for
Volume License Key (VLK)
customers and a temporary
work-around.
"Just
a heads up on an issue related
to (Volume) VLK validation.
On Monday and Tuesday of this
week (Oct 2-3), some VLK
customers may have experienced
problems with WGA validation.
If a Windows XP system with a
VLK recently began failing
validation or reporting as
non-genuine, then they may
experiencing this problem.
The problem was the result of
an issue on the Microsoft
server side, and we are still
investigating the cause. We
regret any inconvenience this
may have caused you, and I am
personally working to get the
information you need to
resolve this issue.
We do have steps available
that affected customers can
take to correct the problem,
and we'll continue to work on
solutions and post them on
this forum."
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 05.10.2006
XP Pro to receive WGA similar to Vista SP1
Remember how everyone was excited about how Vista SP1 received a WGA update to not block you from your computer?
Well, the same is coming
to Windows XP. (Professional only, though. Who would want to pirate XP Home?)
From the WGA Blog:
With this update to
WGA Notifications in Windows XP, we've implemented a couple of related features that draw on the notifications experience we designed for Windows
Vista SP1. After installing this version of WGA Notifications on a copy of Windows XP that fails the validation, most users will discover on their
next logon that their desktop has changed to a plain black background from whatever was there previously (see below).
The desktop
background can be reset to anything else in the usual ways, but every 60 minutes it will change back to the plain black background. This will continue
to happen until that copy of Windows is genuine.
Also, the user will see the addition of what we call the "persistent desktop
notification." This notification is similar to a watermark but works a bit differently. The image (see below) appears over the system tray and is
non-interactive in the sense that you can't click on it or do anything to it.
As with previous releases, if a copy of Windows fails
validation, notifications will appear above the system tray regularly - and we will continue to have the pre-logon message, the logon interrupt
message and the messages that appear from the system tray.
jcxp.net - 27.08.2008
Update on WGA Validation Issues
We're continuing to investigate what happened but here's a quick update to yesterday's post. The issue with processing validations began Friday
afternoon at about 3:30 PM Pacific time and through a combination of posts to our forum and customer support the issue was discovered by evening.
By about 11:15 AM Pacific on Saturday morning the issue affecting the validation service had been analyzed and resolved such that
validations were again being processed properly. Our data shows that fewer than 12,000 systems were affected worldwide and that many of those have
already revalidated and are fixed. This is encouraging news but we want to emphasize that one bad customer experience is one too many and that we're
committed to learning from this experience and working to prevent this type of event from occurring again.
We're also looking
into the reports of comments made about the expected length of the issue and how support inquiries were handled overall during this time. I heard a
report that one of our support folks indicated that the issues would not be fixed until Tuesday, that was incorrect. We'll be looking closely at
how/why that statement was made.
winbeta.org - 28.08.2007
Microsoft Remains Silent on AutoPatcher
Yesterday morning an Internet Investigator representing Microsoft called me at home requesting that Neowin cease all activity with AutoPatcher, a
program headed by Antonis Kaladis and endorsed by Neowin for little under 4 years. Antonis received a standard take down request email through his
AutoPatcher.com email address. We complied by pulling the forums on Neowin and the download page at AutoPatcher.com.
The news was quickly
picked up by the likes of CNET, Slashdot and others but as of this posting we are yet to receive any sort of clear explanation as to why this decision
was made 3 years after the program had been widely adopted by Neowin members, computer magazines and the industries system admins who use the program
to speed up the installing of corporate machines.
A Microsoft Featured Communities representative as well as the Internet Investigator
handling the case has pledged to look into the situation to find out exactly what prompted this sudden move. The only short explanation offered was
the possibility of delivering malicious files with the package, something the AutoPatcher team has never done.
Updates which require WGA
(Windows Genuine Advantage) validation are included, and can be installed (since the WGA validation only takes place on the machine that downloads
them, not the one that is installing them) which theoretically bypasses the validation check users would normally have to go through if updating
through Windows Update. Antonis had asked when WGA became common if this would affect the AutoPatcher project and the concept of administrative
updates and a Microsoft representative said "No", arguing that the purpose behind WGA was mostly educational. The WGA tool itself (the one offered
by Windows Update as a critical update) is included in AutoPacher, though not marked for installation by default.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 30.08.2007
WGA Outage Over, No Word On Cause
Microsoft said over the weekend that an issue with its Windows Genuine Advantage validation systems -- which were causing verified systems to fail and
lose access to features -- had been fixed...
betanews.com - 27.08.2007
Windows Genuine Advantage: Learning and Improving
WGA Team: While some time has passed since the WGA temporary service outage we had back in August, I wanted to share some more about what we've
learned since then and the steps we've been taking to prevent this sort of thing from happening again.
First off, we've been
taking another hard look at our operations and the tools and processes we use to run the validation service for WGA, and we've made some changes
including to how we roll out updates to the back-end servers (it was a specific upgrade to our system that analyzes product keys that caused the issue
in August) and we've been adding to and improving the tools used to make sure our infrastructure is solid. As part of that, we've revamped the
monitoring that is used to track what's happening within our server infrastructure so that we can identify potential problems faster - ideally before
any customer gets impacted. But also as part of that, we've been making changes in how we can help our customers when an issue does arise that
impacts them.
winbeta.org - 22.11.2007
Microsoft cites human error in anti-piracy malfunction
Last week's malfunction of Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism was caused when new software code was accidentally put on the
servers running the system, before those servers had been made ready for the code, according to a post last night by Alex Kochis, WGA senior product
manager. Kochis writes:"Nothing more than human error started it all. Pre-production code was sent to production servers. The production servers
had not yet been upgraded with a recent change to enable stronger encryption/decryption of product keys during the activation and validation
processes. The result of this is that the production servers declined activation and validation requests that should have passed."
Kochis
explains in the post that the problem made some computers fail the anti-piracy validation and activation processes, causing them to lose advanced
Windows features and get a "This copy of Windows is not genuine" message, until the WGA system was fixed and people were able to properly activate
and validate their computers.
winbeta.org - 29.08.2007
New Version Of WGA Soon.
A source close to Microsoft
told german Windows enthusiast
site WinFuture about plans to
introduce a new version of the
windows genuine check.
According to the source the
activation of Windows XP is
going to be required to get
access to ALL downloads listed
in Microsofts Download Center.
Additionally a message will
pop up every time the system
boots, if Windows has not been
activated yet. The message
will remind the user of
activating Windows and start
the validation process via
WGA.
Source: WinFuture.de
(German)..
jcxp.net - 20.04.2006
Internet Explorer 7 update: Now WGA-free
Microsoft has issued an updated Internet Explorer (IE) 7 release that no longer requires Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation in order to
download.
Program Manager Steve Reynolds announced the news on October 4 on Microsoft’s IE Team blog:WGA is the anti-piracy mechanism Microsoft uses to check
whether users are running “genuine” Windows before allowing them to download certain product updates, fixes, white papers and other
related information.
winbeta.org - 04.10.2007
Microsoft Pledge: No More WGA Funny Business
Microsoft has been painstakingly reviewing the operations and procedures behind its Windows Genuine Advantage license validation tool, with a view to
ironing out glitches that have cause problems for legitimate Windows users. 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 download updates.
In a Tuesday Weblog entry, Alex Kochis, senior product manager in the Windows Genuine Advantage group, said the WGA team has been studying its WGA
operations and processes and will handle future WGA issues more efficiently than it has in the past. WGA has been a source of much frustration for
users since it was launched in 2005, and recent incidents have fanned the flames of WGA loathing among Microsoft's customers and partners.
The WGA team has changed the way it rolls out updates to the back-end servers and has also been shoring up the infrastructure on which WGA is
based. In addition to revamping its monitoring of WGA servers, Microsoft is also implementing 24x7 customer support and phone based technical support
to its North American customers, Kochis wrote.
neowin.net - 22.11.2007
The real reason(s) behind Microsofts move to exorcise WGA from IE7
A day after Microsoft rolled out a refresh of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 that no longer requires Windows Genuine Validation (WGA) checks, industry
watchers are speculating as to why the company did so.
The IE team, for its part, will say nothing more than what it posted on
October 4 to the IE Team Blog: Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, were updating the
IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all Windows users
In other words: Microsoft was worried that
pirates might not be protected by all the security goodness the company has added to IE, so it decided to remove piracy checks from the IE 7
download process.
Not surprisingly, there are other theories as to why Microsoft removed WGA from the browser...
winbeta.org - 05.10.2007
Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch
Microsoft blamed human error for a Windows Genuine Advantage problem that identified legitimate Windows users as pirates last week. According to Alex
Kochis, Microsoft senior product manager for WGA, new software was accidentally loaded onto the live servers running the system. Between Friday
evening through Saturday afternoon, some users incorrectly failed the validation process, leaving them unable to use certain features. Affected users
also saw a message in the corner of their screen that said "This copy of Windows is not genuine." While Microsoft quickly noticed the problem and
rolled back the changes within a half hour, the problem continued to affect the validation service although the activation process was fixed in that
time frame, said Kochis.
The company is implementing some changes to make sure a similar incident doesn't happen again. It is improving
monitoring in order to find out sooner if there is a problem, he said. Microsoft is also adding checkpoints that should prevent accidental changes to
the servers. It's troubling that someone can accidentally load wrong code into a live environment. Kochis clarified that an existing policy will
automatically validate all users if the WGA servers are down but that in this case, the servers weren't down, so that policy didn't kick in. Maybe
Microsoft should have taken the servers down while working on the problem?
neowin.net - 30.08.2007
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.
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.
neowin.net - 27.10.2006
Microsoft is to Push Out AntiPiracy Tool
Microsoft will soon start
pushing out a new version of
its controversial Windows
Genuine Advantage
Notifications antipiracy tool
to Windows XP users.
The updated WGA
Notifications package includes
additional changes in response
to continued criticism
Microsoft has faced over the
software, the company said
Tuesday. Microsoft in June
also updated the tool after
critics likened it to spyware
because it checked in with
Microsoft after each Windows
restart.
In the
latest update, Microsoft has
changed the installation
procedure of the tool so it's
clearer to people what it
does, said David Lazar,
director of the Windows
Genuine program at Microsoft.
In the original version, WGA
Notifications displayed only a
wordy user license, which
people don't typically read.
"We received a
lot of feedback that people
wanted more information when
the package came down through
Automatic Updates and was
offered to them," Lazar said.
The first screen of the new
version gives an introduction
to WGA Notifications in plain
English, explains the benefit
and the possible consequences
if the XP copy is pirated, he
said.
WGA
Notifications, part of
Microsoft's effort to combat
software piracy, displays
alerts on systems running
illegitimately acquired copies
of Windows. Users get the tool
the same way they receive
security updates, via
Automatic Updates or Windows
Update. Microsoft plans to
push out a new version about
every three to four months,
Lazar said.
"It
is necessary because we
continue to discover new,
compromised product keys,"
Lazar said. "We want to
update our notifications and
validation tool from time to
time to also check for those
compromised keys."
jcxp.net - 29.11.2006
WGA newest setting: "you might be a pirate"
Windows Genuine Advantage is
an anti-piracy tool loathed by
many, tolerated by some, and
even appreciated by others.
How you feel about it may
depend in part on whether or
not you've been caught in its
snares: the "authentic
software" validation tool is
known to have falsely
identified thousands of
"pirated" Vista installs.
As Microsoft steps up
its war against piracy, the
company has decided to
slightly nuance Windows
Genuine Advantage (WGA).
Rather than identify users as
either in the clear or not,
the company has added a third
classification for users who
set off some, but not all of
WGA's undisclosed
piracy-detection
functionality. Users will now
find that Windows XP installs
are labeled as genuine,
non-genuine or "not
sure."
While
Microsoft has not responded to
requests for comment, it's
quite obvious what is going on
here: Microsoft has added
"not sure" as a way of
cutting down on the number of
false positives associated
with WGA. As many as one in
five PCs were failing WGA
checks, but this new setting
should both reduce this and
give Microsoft the chance to
investigate further the kinds
of things that are landing
folks in the "not sure"
category.
neowin.net - 28.02.2007
What's Genuine About Windows
Genuine Advantage?
An article over at
Microsoft-Watch has been
posted about what Windows
Genuine Advantage is all
about. In short it was
mentioned that the first time
you run the WGA validation
check, Microsoft's servers
collect the following
information:
The Windows XP product key,
PC Manufacturer, Operating
system version, PC BIOS
information and User locale
setting and language.
In the past WGA
pinged your system everyday to
see if your notifications are
running, not if you're valid.
This changed on June 8th
where it now pings your system
every 14 days. According to
Microsoft, no identifying
system or user information is
sent to Microsoft as part of
this check.
jcxp.net - 10.06.2006
