I recently wrote about New Attitude to Piracy and I mentioned that there is a way around the Microsoft Genuine Advantage by downloading a patched version of the program.

How far off I was , it appears that now all you need is Javascript.

Yes you heard it, Javascript will allow you to bypass the Microsoft Genuine Advantage check, here is how:

AV sez, “This week, Microsoft started requiring users to verify their serial number before using Windows Update. This effort to force users to either buy XP or tell them where you got the illegal copy is called ‘Genuine Advantage.’ It was cracked within 24 hours.”

Before pressing ‘Custom’ or ‘Express’ buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter:

javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck=’all’)

It turns off the trigger for the key check.

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