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Cracking Windows "Genuine Advantage"Yes, I know this is old news (I'm behind in my reading, give me a break), but if you're running a pirated version of Windows XP and still want to get downloads from Microsoft that are protected by their anti-piracy "Genuine Advantage" program, this one line of JavaScript will be very handy to you: Before pressing 'Custom' or 'Express' buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter: Update on 8/28: Apparently if you run the Geniune Advantage program in Windows 2000 Compatibility Mode, it will work as well. Posted by Jake on 08/25/05 @ 04:08 PM
Posted in Cool, Geekdom | 20 Comments | Permalink Submit to digg, del.icio.us, reddit, or stumbleupon 20 CommentsPaul said on 08/25/05 @ 06:11 PM:I could have sworn I got that from you, Jake. Or maybe it was BoingBoing. That Windows Update for Firefox doesn't do the WGA Check, either. Me said on 08/26/05 @ 02:14 PM: There's an even easier way - try to get updates once so that the WGA control is downloaded. Then open up Internet Explorer, go to 'Tools', then 'Internet Options', click on the 'Programs' tab, click on 'Manage Add-ons...', make sure that the top option, 'Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer' is selected in the drop-down box, then find the entry for the WGA control, click on it, then click 'Disable' at the bottom and 'OK' your way back to IE. You can now use the WU site without even having to type in a line of JavaScript each time. Me said on 08/30/05 @ 08:37 AM: You know what really makes me laugh? Apparantly, the WGA has great difficulty in ascertaining that an OEM version of XP is genuine. If you go to M$'s newsgroup about the WGA (link - http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICP=WGA&sLCID=us), it is full of people complaining that their LEGIT version of XP is coming up as 'invalid', whereas pirates who simply have the skill to use Google have none of these problems. Isaiah said on 04/06/06 @ 07:37 AM: I am a good example of a victim of a LEGIT version of WinXP not being able to download updates!!! I only managed to get it working after googling, so much so for getting something legit and original :( Navpreet said on 05/22/06 @ 08:14 AM: Hey i just downloded windows media player 11 but its not installing on my xp coz its not genuin. is there any way to install wmp 11??? plz help me!!!! shay said on 06/03/06 @ 08:02 AM: i need the crackable file please sandeep said on 06/07/06 @ 08:15 AM: If u want to install the wmp11 beta follow the steps 1.extract the .exe 2.install wmfdist11.exe 3.restart 4.install wmp11.exe 5. click wmp shortcut in programs Sandra said on 06/08/06 @ 10:17 PM: I don't know where to put the java line could some one give the instructions from the begining??? Thank you for the help Spab Dr. David said on 06/12/06 @ 07:03 PM: Just download items, like Windows Media Player 11 Beta, using a Windows 2000 host. Then move the file to Windows XP host to install. Win2000 host does not suffer validation woes currently. Works for me... Dr. David said on 06/12/06 @ 07:36 PM: Let me expand on my previous post. Thanks to sandeep above, I am just expanding on his brief instructions, based on my own experiments: I downloaded the file: wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe from MS site, on Windows 2000, since on that platform I am not forced to deal with product validation. Then I moved that file to my Windows XP host. Then I ran this file ONLY to the first prompt (window) then I found these files in the TEMP directory of this format: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temp But the files are in a subdirectory there of the form: IXP000.TMP (or similar), and there find the file: wmfdist11.exe and run it. After this installs you will be prompted to reboot. Do this, then again run the Media Player 11 file: wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe only until the first window. Then find in those temp directories (described above) the file: wmp11.exe and run that to install. Upon reboot you will have Media Player 11 installed on your XP machine, even if you don't have a valid copy of XP (like if you got XP Pro Corporate through file sharing then used a Keygen program to get a key, not that I would do such a thing ;-) Enjoy! ud4u said on 06/30/06 @ 10:13 PM: well thnkz buddy sandeep....tht was really easy//thumbs up 4 u bapjo said on 07/02/06 @ 04:14 AM: in the browser as suggested the WGA control on adon shows that this is managed by your administrator when tried to alter it in the IE tools, while i have administrative rights in the login. Please help matt said on 08/14/06 @ 04:04 PM: well the above posts are either bullshit. or they just wont work for me the java script doesnt cancel them checking because they checked. and also the disablement of the WGA doesnt gain you WMP10/11 because when installing either of these they ask you to install WGA anyway. so that was pointless wasnt it. stuff like this gets to me because anything norton has been cracked but never works xp never rarely works unless its an actual corporate copy(which i lost unfortunately) any other program i tried cracking from peopls cracks NEVER seem to work. why do people seem to think that they do? is it just me ? what? the only things that actually crack are music apps, utils and plugins. oh and some other minor programs. can someone email when a reply is posted please. im wondering here!!! TKer said on 08/15/06 @ 07:16 PM: Ohh Matt, looks like you "Conviniently" lost your Genuine Microsoft XP Corporate Disk eh? Chris said on 09/09/06 @ 07:33 AM: Hi, can anyone tell me how to install the IE7 having a copy of MS windows xp not original because it does the system validation when trying to install it. 10x a lot ziya said on 09/11/06 @ 02:41 AM: hello,can somebody tell me how to install windows media player 11 on xp which is not genuine.I have got the setup,but it stops at the second stage on installation saying that this copy if windows is not geuine. Fayaz said on 11/21/06 @ 02:07 AM: I don't know where to put the java line could some one give the instructions from the begining??? DarkMatterFox said on 11/22/06 @ 02:14 PM: Someone recently gave me a windows xp disk. (It's genuine copy, not pirated) But it doesn't have the product key I need to install it. How can one crack a product key directly from the install disk? simon said on 02/07/07 @ 08:59 AM: thx alot dr. david thats pure genius Matthew said on 12/03/07 @ 07:46 PM: DR. DAVID'S INFO IS PERFECT! His WGA bypass worked the first time for WMP 11. Now I'm gonna try to install MSIE 7. Post a comment |
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