Windows Genuine Advantage is now named Windows Activation Technology

Windows Genuine Advantage is now named Windows Activation Technology

Microsoft has announced that they are renaming their controversial Windows Genuine Advantage technology.

It has been named Windows Activation Technology in their upcoming Windows 7 release.

The company said that the new name accurately reflects the way the technology works.

It was introduced as an add-on in Windows XP. Windows Vista came preloaded with it.

The technology is designed to check if the copy of Windows running on a machine is genuine or not.

If it turns out to be a pirated copy, the technology informs the user of it and asks him to take appropriate steps.

Microsoft stated: “The guiding principle is to enable the customer to know when the software they are using is genuine and licensed and help them to do something about it if it’s not. However the technology used in Windows Vista and Windows 7 … consists of new code and the latest methods for protecting Windows in ways that can only really be achieved with the components that are built in to both Windows Vista and now Windows 7.”

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