Microsoft updates WGA in Windows XP Pro
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft, tacitly acknowledging the continued popularity of Windows XP, said this week it was updating the operating system's anti-piracy technology to detect illegal copies installed with newly stolen or faked product keys, or with new activation cracks.
The company has also acknowledged that Windows XP Professional is preferred by pirates over Vista by wide margins, and last year promised it would roll out a campaigns during 2009 to warn people that XP is widely counterfeited.
Kochis touted installation changes to WGA Notifications, although he wasn't clear on what those changes were.