Windows Piracy Check Now Mandatory

I totally agree Big_or_what.

We all (or most of us) have pirated version of Windows, Office and other M$ products and we feel very comfortable with that, like everything is natural. And when we see our tools being pirated we are getting upset. It doesnt matter if its a small company with 3 employees or a Microsoft with 3.000 employees. Piracy is piracy, and we know it very good here at ExeTools

Im planning to buy a licensed version of Windows, sometime in the future (near or far). Meanwhile, anyone have a good way to prevent this check?

I have a simple solution that has worked for me so far to bypass the validation failure and regain Windows Updates.

Go to Windows Update site. Install the Windows Genuine Advantage component. After installing and continuing to validate your Windows version and failing, go to Tools Menu and Manage Add-Ons and find the Windows Genuine Advantage name and select DISABLE in the settings below. Believe it or not you can now do custom or express updates again!! Don't know what they will do next but this is working on my machines.

Wackyass