It's quite easy to bypass WGA completely, by disabling the ActiveX control
In your IE, go to Tools->Manage add-ons and disable the "Windows Genuine Advantage" control. Here's a site that displays how to do it step-by-step:
http://home19.inet.tele.dk/jys05000/
Or you could just follow the instructions here:
http://www.extended64.com/blogs/rafael/archive/2005/07/27/1026.aspx
If for some reason this page gets deleted, here are the steps to do it:
For IE users:
1) Download Trixie: http://www.bhelpuri.net/Trixie/Trixie.htm
2) Copy/paste the following into a file called "wgaworkaround.ie.user.js" and save it into trixie's \scripts folder
Code:
// ==UserScript==
// @name WGA Workaround
// @namespace d09733c0-fe4c-11d9-8cd6-0800200c9a66
// @description Windows Genuine Advantage Workaround (IE)
// @include http*://*.microsoft.com/*
// ==/UserScript==
(function ()
{
// Fix Microsoft Downloads-based WGA
var js = document.createElement("script");
js.setAttribute("language", "JavaScript");
js.setAttribute("type", "text/javascript");
js.text = 'document.cookie="WinGenCookie=validation=0";';
document.getElementsByTagName('head').item(0).appendChild(js);
// Also fix Microsoft/Windows Update-based WGA
// (Thanks MacMonkey and rest)
window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all';
}
)();
3) Fire up Internet Explorer (32-bit) and click Tools > Trixie Options. You should see WGA Workaround. If it's not already checked, check it. Uncheck the others if you don't want to use them (recommended).
For Mozilla Suite/Firefox (and probably Opera) users:
1) Download Greasemonkey: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
2) Copy/paste the following into a file called "wgaworkaround.user.js". Drag the file onto a Mozilla Suite/Firefox window and click Tools > Install User Script. Keep the defaults. This script is supposed to work in Opera, too
Code:
// ==UserScript==
// @name WGA Workaround
// @namespace d09733c0-fe4c-11d9-8cd6-0800200c9a66
// @description Windows Genuine Advantage Workaround (Firefox)
// @include http*://*.microsoft.com/*
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
var fix = document.createElement("script");
fix.type = "text/javascript";
fix.innerHTML = 'document.cookie="WinGenCookie=validation=0";';
document.body.appendChild(fix);
})();
For people that are bored to do all these, I've included a canned installer that will do it all for you