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Download From Microsoft Without a WGA Check

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the routing-around dept.

Anonymous Coward writes, "When you want to download a file from Microsoft, a WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) check is performed. Microsoft installs a small piece of software on your computer that contacts the Microsoft server and checks the validity of your installed Windows software. If the test fails you will not be able to download the file(s). The following method gives you the ability to download every file from Microsoft without a WGA check."

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  1. Why the fuck.. by d_jedi · · Score: 0, Troll

    would you want to promote this method? The only real reason to go around WGA is if you're using a pirated copy of Windows. Does Slashdot promote piracy?

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  2. OMFG by antiWack · · Score: 0, Troll

    GG n00b.

  3. Mod parent troll by nonlnear · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe if the third condition (they believe that Microsoft does not collect private information using WGA) is not true, then circumventing WGA might have some perceived benefit. How does the Kool-Aid taste?

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