Microsoft will launch the most stringent anti-piracy verification: 1 hour black screen! It is best not to open the automatic update!

Officials confirmed that Microsoft will launch Windows XP Professional and Office's genuine verification program for the Chinese market on the 20th of this month. At that time, computers with pirated Windows XP Professional will be forced to perform every hour & nbsp; black screen & rdquo; The desktop background becomes pure black. Once, the Office menu bar will be marked with the "not genuine" tag.

An internal email from Microsoft revealed that Microsoft launched genuine verification to drive sales directly. “Use this opportunity to recommend to your customers to purchase genuine products, to avoid receiving notifications or Encountered a black screen. ”

The most severe genuine verification

Microsoft China officially confirmed that Microsoft will launch two genuine verification plans &mdash in China on the 20th of this month; — Windows Genuine Advantage Program “WGA”) and Office Genuine Advantage Program Notice (abbreviation "OGA”).

WGA is a program that Microsoft introduced more than three years ago to remind users to use pirated software through technical means, such as allowing users to download genuine verification programs, and the results will be fed back to users after the program is installed and run. In addition to verification, it also provides "value-added" services, such as free download of the latest language packs, free download of gadget tools like perpetual calendar.

The WGA program has been in use ever since. Microsoft's WGA, which will be launched on October 20th, is the most severe one compared to previous ones. This WGA program is only for users of Windows XP Professional. IT industry insiders said that domestic Windows XP pirated software is almost all professional version, such as tomato garden and other modified versions of XP, PC manufacturers for personal and home users of the consumer computer is generally pre-installed as XP home version, such software is genuine software.

The way WGA is installed to users is also very different from the past. Previously, users were required to download and install them. The WGA program does not use the installation wizard. Users will pass the operating system after the 20th. The automatic update (Microsoft update) is automatically downloaded, which means that WGA and OGA will download unnoticed in the pirated user computer that has opened the automatic update. If the user is set to install automatically, it will be automatically installed in the background.

Piracy XP Professional users may be black screen for one hour.

In addition to the previous plans in terms of installation methods, Microsoft may take enforcement measures against unproven pirated users. It has caused a lot of users' resentment, because it will cause a lot of changes to the user's use of the computer.

In the past WGA verification, if it is verified that it is a pirated system, the user will not be able to download the small software of “Value Added” except for being pirated, this time there is no user verified by WGA. After booting up, the background of the desktop will turn solid black. The user needs to reset the background to use the computer normally, but the background will change back to black every hour. When the user logs in, a login interruption dialog box appears, and a dialog box for permanent notification and continuous reminder appears at the bottom right of the screen, showing "You may be a victim of software piracy".

Microsoft first launched office genuine verification

Similar to WGA, Microsoft's genuine verification for Office is called "OGA"; it has not been implemented in China before. The Genuine Validation Program, launched on October 20, will include Office for the first time, including users of the Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007 suites, covering Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook components.

Office users will have a pop-up dialog box to remind customers that the software they are running is not genuine within the first 14 to 14 days after the verification fails. Before converting to genuine, the user will call Office for the first time and 2 hours thereafter. I will receive such a reminder.

From the 15th day after the verification failed, if the use is not genuine, the dialog will inform the user that if no action is taken, it will be after 14 days (that is, after the 30th day after the verification failure), Office software A visual marker was added. After 30 days, the Office software will add visual markers to the Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook menu bars. The reminder is not genuine. Each time the user opens these four programs, they will see the corresponding reminder.

In the more than three years since the launch of the genuine verification program, Microsoft has been launching WGA in the operating system field. The reason for including Office this time is that Microsoft believes that the current work of combating piracy has been carried out by previous operations. The system is mainly changed to strengthen Office.

Microsoft's three-axe fight against piracy

The relevant person in charge of Microsoft China told Sina Technology that Microsoft has always adhered to the 3E strategy in terms of legalization, namely Education, Engineering, and Enforcement. (law enforcement).

In terms of education, Microsoft is supporting almost every province, city and region in the country, and Microsoft is supporting the promotion of intellectual property protection related education and legalization of local government departments. For example, on the annual Intellectual Property Day, Microsoft has invested heavily in various places to promote the importance of evangelism to protect intellectual property rights.

In terms of technology, it mainly refers to WGA and OGA. In addition to reminding users that they are using pirated files, they also provide users with some value-added small software tools, such as image processing tools and Chinese perpetual calendars. However, in this WGA and OGA program, in addition to reminding users to use piracy and taking enforcement measures, there is no “value added” service provided.