 Genuine advantage cracked
Thursday, 28 July 2005
A few days ago, Microsoft has implemented “Genuine Advantage”, a scheme which attempts to stamp out the use of pirated copies of Windows XP, by insisting that users must verify their serial number before they can run Windows Update.
Essentially, “Genuine Advantage” tries to force users to either buy Windows XP or tell Microsoft where they got the illegal copy.
It was cracked within 24 hours.
Before pressing “custom” or “express” buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter:
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
It turns off the trigger for the key check and allows you to run the update just like before. Now, it wouldn’t be like me to condone the illegal use of software, but geez, there’s some very clever people out there and it seems they love nothing better than a challenge.
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