genuine advantage

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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about Microsoft's Genuine Advantage activation system include user experiences with repeated verification prompts in Windows 7, even for legitimate retail copies. Some users find the monthly re-activation requests annoying despite no actual activation failures. Another thread covers a reported crack for Windows 7 Ultimate using a Lenovo OEM license key that allegedly bypasses Genuine Advantage checks. These posts reflect ongoing user concerns about the frequency and intrusiveness of genuine validation, as well as the security implications of activation workarounds.
  1. fjgold

    Windows 7 Discussion about MS Genuine Advantage

    This is not an issue but an observation open for discussion. Ever since installing Win 7 home in December of last year I have my computer boot interrupted at least every month by a dialog box "informing" me that I may not have a genuine copy of Win 7 and requesting my input to verify that I...
  2. News

    Windows 7 activation already cracked with Lenovo's OEM license key (Engadget)

    Sort of funny that Microsoft made a big show of handing over the Windows 7 RTM code to Lenovo and other manufacturers last week -- the first activation crack for the OS has just appeared, and it's based on Lenovo's OEM license key. Oops. The crack apparently works with 32- and 64-bit versions of...
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