MacDailyNews - Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage hoses Windows sufferers
"Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage servers, which validate copies of Windows XP and Vista as authentic, encountered problems late Friday or early Saturday, sending Windows users into a frenzy," J. Nicholas Hoover reports for InformationWeek.
"Users suddenly lit up Microsoft support forums with complaints that their once-validated copies of Microsoft Windows were suddenly suspected to be counterfeit," Hoover reports. "Microsoft initially responded to complaints by posting a note in its online WGA forum informing readers that WGA 'might be down for a few days' and that users should try back again on Tuesday, four days after complaints began filtering in. Validation was working fine again by later Saturday..."
"Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage servers, which validate copies of Windows XP and Vista as authentic, encountered problems late Friday or early Saturday, sending Windows users into a frenzy," J. Nicholas Hoover reports for InformationWeek.
"Users suddenly lit up Microsoft support forums with complaints that their once-validated copies of Microsoft Windows were suddenly suspected to be counterfeit," Hoover reports. "Microsoft initially responded to complaints by posting a note in its online WGA forum informing readers that WGA 'might be down for a few days' and that users should try back again on Tuesday, four days after complaints began filtering in. Validation was working fine again by later Saturday..."