Posted by Goofy1598 Day ago, There are 26 comments, 67050 views
Hot on the heals of Microsoft patching the Windows Genuine Advantage program against malicious scripts and hidden checkboxes, an interesting new workaround has been discovered. It seems that running GenuineCheck.exe in Windows 2000 compatibility mode generates a valid authorization key for all systems running versions of Windows XP.
As per usual, the workaround has been posted on most of the commercial news sites like CNet, leading us to believe that Microsoft will want to patch it up quickly. The program has been the object of much criticism since it became a mandatory step in automatically updating Windows machines a few weeks ago.
Maybe this is more important than all versions of Windows. Who knows?
Apocalipse Now: we can make all war we can get, but to speak ou write down dirty words is a real crime...
Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Cir** [ www.9down.com refused this word ... by rooma on 2005-08-06 21:49:17
Hi every body.. You will not believe it... I discovered that Microsoft removed validation check even they put sign to do, I tried to validate using this method by download any thing from them, the page open thanking me and started to download normally
All you have to do is to try downloading anything from their site.For
example Windows Media Player 10.If your copy of Windows XP is
genuine,you will see a download button at the download page.If not,a
link will be displayed at his place asking you to make your copy of
Windows genuine.Click on it and another page will be displayed with two
steps.Click on the First step button and follow the instructions.In my
case GenuineCheck.exe begun downloading on my computer
automatically-I'm using Opera.It's only 401 Kb.
If you have a firewall then allow GenuineCheck.exe to access the internet.
Et voila!!!!
Good Luck!!!!
Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Cir** [ www.9down.com refused this word ... by ForceField on 2005-08-07 01:29:44
WGA is supposed to give Microsoft peace of mind.Instead it's making them Headache.
It's really strange to see that a such powerful company with the most
powerful coders in the world can make mistakes like that by creating a
system of protection so weak.
I'm myself a coder and I have more than 10 years of experience.I can
easily say that the coders who worked on WGA are all rookies.
Anyway,good for us.
Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Cir** [ www.9down.com refused this word ... by DynamiteZerg on 2005-08-07 01:41:01
OMG! That was hell easy... :p
Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Cir** [ www.9down.com refused this word ... by lumin4 on 2005-08-07 08:48:06
My password didn't work this morning,
but, it does this afternoon, so they must
be working on the system.
It never ceases to amaze me how Microsoft
can follow an old addage of,
the harder or more secretive you make
any program to obtain,
the more people WANT IT!!!!
The WGA is a joke,
I'm sure they have far deeper reasons
to suck people into this commotion.
Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Cir** [ www.9down.com refused this word ... by GWolfman on 2005-08-07 11:34:04
This doesn't work for Windows Update now does it? Looks like it's for download only, correct?