Users of Windows Vista caught running afoul of Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage software verification program will retain use of the operating system following the release of Vista’s first service pack early in 2008, Microsoft announced Tuesday. Rather than disabling Vista’s features, Microsoft will set the OS on nag mode when WGA determines that a user’s software is not the genuine article. The new nagging method to be used in Windows Vista is the same way Microsoft chose to deal with counterfeit version of Windows XP.
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MS Replaces Vista Pirate Kill Switch With Strongly Worded Nagging
Posted by: Walaika Haskins December 4, 2007 01:43 PMUsers of Windows Vista caught running afoul of Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage software verification program will retain use of the operating system following the release of Vista’s first service pack early in 2008, Microsoft announced Tuesday. Rather than disabling Vista’s features, Microsoft will set the OS on nag mode when WGA determines that a user’s software is not the genuine article. The new nagging method to be used in Windows Vista is the same way Microsoft chose to deal with counterfeit version of Windows XP.