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#15514 - 03/27/06 03:21 PM Defeating Windows Genuine Advantage (March 2006)
Gizmo Community Owner Registered: 02/28/02 Posts: 6944 Loc: Portland, OR; USA	Well, it seems that Microsoft wisened up and "tightened" security for Windows Genuine Advantage... Yes that's right, you can no longer just disable the ActiveX Plugin via plugin settings... Well, the next trick isn't much harder lol... Well, go ahead and create a new text document and name it "wga.reg" and insert below: Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID] "{17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700}"="0" Go ahead and save and run the new registry script, welcome back to the land of optional updates for Windows XP ... Note that this will only apply this to the user account that you are logged into; if you apply it to the "local" system itself (vs the current user) it will prompt you each time you run windows updates that WGA needs to be re-installed. _________________________ Donate to UGN Security here. UGN Security, Elite Web Gamers & VNC Web Design Owner
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#15515 - 03/27/06 05:10 PM Re: Defeating Windows Genuine Advantage (March 2006)
HighLander UGN Member Registered: 03/07/02 Posts: 267 Loc: Canada	Strange, tried that and now it will not install the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130) hrmmmm carzy, ah whatever _________________________ Unless you try something to which you have not already succeeded ~ Then you shall NEVER grow
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#15516 - 03/27/06 07:13 PM Re: Defeating Windows Genuine Advantage (March 2006)
Gizmo Community Owner Registered: 02/28/02 Posts: 6944 Loc: Portland, OR; USA	I should state, you HAVE TO have WGA March 2006 already installed before applying this; you can un-apply this by changing the "0" to a "1" _________________________ Donate to UGN Security here. UGN Security, Elite Web Gamers & VNC Web Design Owner
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#15517 - 03/27/06 09:33 PM Re: Defeating Windows Genuine Advantage (March 2006)
KillHour UGN Member Registered: 04/15/05 Posts: 247 Loc: Tonawanda, NY	nice... _________________________ "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area." -UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer
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