Microsoft is planning to release an update to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) notifications in Windows XP. The worldwide roll-out will begin this week and will continue over the next few months.
This update will only affect
Windows XP Professional systems. It’ll reconfigure the notifications experience to mirror notifications in Windows Vista SP1.
Customers who are using non-genuine Windows can expect a
black desktop to appear every 60 minutes of use. Also a persistent desktop notification will appear in the lower right corner indicating that the user may be a victim of software counterfeiting.
For customers using non-genuine software, it’s important to note that Microsoft has a flexible option to convert to a genuine version. I recommend you to visit
www.microsoft.com/genuine to learn more.
For more details about this update, you can check out the information outlined in the WGA blog at
http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/default.aspx.
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