What is the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications English pilot?
The Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications pilot is a program being tested by Microsoft already in 7 countries since November 2005. Microsoft is now expanding this to some customers in the U.S., U.K., Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand as part of its continued effort to fight counterfeit software and to create a better Windows experience for users of genuine Windows software. As part of the pilot program, some customers in the U.S. U.K., Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand will be invited to receive WGA Notifications through Automatic Updates (AU) to learn whether or not they are running genuine Windows. Customers who opt in to the pilot and learn they are using non-genuine versions of Windows will receive a message during logon that their copy of Windows appears to be non-genuine and will be directed to the WGA Web site to learn more. If they choose not to obtain a copy of genuine Windows at that time, the customer will receive reminders until they are running genuine Windows. While
