Windows Activation Technologies: Activation and Validation in Windows 7

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re: Windows Activation Technologies: Activation and Validation in Windows 7

rdamiani — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:57:37 GMT

The name change is very cool. Calling it 'Windows Genuine Advantage' was an incredibly bad idea that guaranteed bad feelings and bad press.

I'm curious to see how large-scale activation is handled in Windows 7. Vista was never compelling enough to bother with the mess of KMS servers or mass activation, but Windows 7 looks a lot better.

Microsoft WGA renamed to WAT; 1 Security Bulletin on Tuesday

Donna's SecurityFlash — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:48:21 GMT

Microsoft Takes Aim at Piracy and Outlines Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Experience Q&A: Joe Williams explains

re: Windows Activation Technologies: Activation and Validation in Windows 7

rdamiani — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:53:46 GMT

I really like the new name. The old one was a double-speak PR disaster. I hope that WAT is simpler to deploy than WGA 2 in Visa was. Vista didn't seem to offer enough benefit to overcome the activation issues. Windows 7, on the other hand, looks pretty interesting.

WGA Out, WAT In (Windows Activation Technologies)

Avi Samocha's Blog — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:58:56 GMT

When Windows XP was launched, Microsoft also release an an Anti-Piracy tool called WGA (Windows Genuine