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...Starting Tuesday, the software maker will push out a test tool that checks whether the copy of Windows a PC is using is properly licensed...Following download and installation of the "Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications" tool, users of a pirated copy will see alerts at startup, login and during their use of the operating system. The alerts read: "This copy of Windows is not genuine; you may be a victim of software counterfeiting." ...

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HitSquad
Anyone who is knowingly using a pirated copy of anything MS isn't about to get near Genuine Advantage.
It'll get some shady system builders busted though. smile.gif
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