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  • Windows Anti-Counterfeit Tool Requires Loosening PC Security

    05/04/2006 10:36:48 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 90 replies · 1,021+ views
    Yahoo! News! ^ | 03 May 2006 | Gregg Keizer
    Some system administrators are finding that Microsoft's new anti-piracy software is incorrectly labeling PCs used in public places, such as university computer labs, as counterfeits, and that the solution sidestep a basic security practice for out-in-the-open machines, according to a newsgroup discussion of the issue. After Microsoft unveiled its Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications tool last week, a university system administrator -- who preferred to remain anonymous but took the name "GodOfLions" on the Microsoft "WGA Validation Problems" newsgroup -- said that lab PCs came back as running fake copies."I work at a University where we have a bunch of Windows...