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Redmond Tinkering with Windows Genuine Advantage

Just like a petulant 10-year-old trying to talk his way out of trouble, Microsoft has really learned its lesson this time! No more problems with WGA! No more nasty outages! And this time, we mean it.

The funny thing, of course, is that WGA just might be working.

Posted by Lee Pender on November 28, 2007


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