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Windows Genuine Advantage Servers Out

Posted by kdawson on from the single-point-of-disadvantage dept.

krewemaynard writes to let us know that Microsoft has been having major problems with its WGA servers since at least Friday evening. Quoting Ars: "Users of both Windows XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that they could not validate their installations using WGA, and one user even said that his installation was invalidated by the service... The Microsoft WGA Forums are full of problem reports, and Microsoft WGA Program Manager Phil Liu has acknowledged that there is a problem, and that MS is investigating." Update: 07/25 22:10 GMT by KD :Microsoft has identified and fixed the problem and posted instructions for anyone whose system mistakenly failed a WGA check. (The link posted earlier was to a 2006 article.)

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  1. HaHa by jo42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    > "However, the sense we get from Phil Liu is that Microsoft is pretty much in the dark right now."

    Nothing new here. Move along.

  2. Project Mayhem by no_pets · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Data Retention committee of Project Mayhem is working on this - but you didn't hear that from me.

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    "A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." - Shepard Book Quoting Malcolm Reynolds
    1. Re:Project Mayhem by WPIDalamar · · Score: 4, Funny

      There is no project mayhem.

  3. Sysadmins! Go to work! by erroneus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Turn on all the machines! Log in! Get those machines invalidated as quickly as possible.