Microsoft will add WGA also for Office [OGA]!!!

[soumya]

Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Office that will add a “nag-like” feature, akin to what is now part of Windows Vista, to Office. Office already currently includes an Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) validation mechanism (for Office XP and Office 2007), but Microsoft doesn’t do a whole lot to “punish” those it deems to be running non-Genuine versions of Office. However, as part of a new OGA notifications pilot program — which Microsoft is launching in Chile, Italy, Spain and Turkey, according to an April 8 announcement buried in a Q&A on Microsoft’s Web site — Microsoft is set to turn up the unpleasantness a notch.

Today, in current OGA validation process, there is no visual & persistent representation within the experience of being a non-genuine Office user. The outcome for being non-genuine today is that the user does not gain access to Office templates and other downloads. In the pilot the non-genuine copy of Office will also have an icon on the toolbar or ribbon indicating that it is non-genuine. After receiving these dialog box notifications for 30 days, Office applications will be marked with a visual reminder that the copy of Office is not genuine. Both the dialog box and/or the visual reminder will disappear once the customer gets genuine Office and/or uninstalls the non-genuine Office products.

Source: Zdnet

[CadCrazy]

It'll be like Vista. Office (In)Genuine Advantage

[gary4gar]

Good move, will reduce Piracy or atleast make users aware that they need to buy software & they are not free

[clmlbx]

^^I am not justifng or saying piracy is good but truth is nothing is going to happen as soon is oga start ............oga crack will also launh .........pont is nothing can be happen..............wga is fully cracked ..........so oga will...........

[Faun]

noobs will get annoyed

[clmlbx]

^^ ya that can only happen

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by clmlbx

^^I am not justifng or saying piracy is good but truth is nothing is going to happen as soon is oga start ............oga crack will also launh .........pont is nothing can be happen..............wga is fully cracked ..........so oga will...........

Yeah, but atleast they need to put some efforts in, to apply the patch.

This way they would know, that Office is a Paid Software

[Maverick340]

Ah , just another challenge for the pirates
Sweet

[Ecko]

Hope this helps OpenOffice market...!!!

[CadCrazy]

^^ Dude what make you think like that. Please stick to the topic or otherwise stay away. Don't try to make it OO + MS Office fight club.

[Cool G5]

As said Protection is gonna be cracked sooner or later...
But still a good move by M$.

[clmlbx]

@gary4gar user's will not even know about it.............means if u want to make people aware about it then this is not the way........actually what happen's when ther is a problem then....user's call the techni.. to install windows or if there is any problem so when techni.... comes he installs xp.....crack......and patch it so u can update from microsoft ...this will same thing happen to office 2007(office genuine advantage).......so where the hell does people know that microsoft is taking some measures to stop piracy..

[bonbon2]

Microsoft Office 2007

link removed and the user, warned.

[ico]

^^ Piracy & Discussion on Torrents not allowed here.....
Edit your post....

[Voldy]

A good move by MS but still crackers will win the war again

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by clmlbx

@gary4gar user's will not even know about it.............means if u want to make people aware about it then this is not the way........actually what happen's when ther is a problem then....user's call the techni.. to install windows or if there is any problem so when techni.... comes he installs xp.....crack......and patch it so u can update from microsoft ...this will same thing happen to office 2007(office genuine advantage).......so where the hell does people know that microsoft is taking some measures to stop piracy..

Buddy, MS is doing what it can do on its part.
And i appreciate it

[Garbage]

Originally Posted by bonbon2

Microsoft Office 2007

link removed

Reported !!!

Note : I didn't downloaded that file... Neither I clicked on it... seriously....

[Yoda]

WGA is a big nuisance and annoying. thats why WGA is cracked once a new version is released.