Microsoft updating Windows XP antipiracy technology

The launch of Windows Vista did not go as well as expected and saw many people sticking with the much-trusted Windows XP. Microsoft understand how popular the old operating system is and have now announced that they are updating the antipiracy technology, to detect illegal copies of the OS installed with newly stolen or faked product keys as well as new activation cracks.

Computer World has said that director of Microsoft’s Genuine Windows group, Alex Kochis spoke about the new update to WGA Notifications in an entry on his blog. This is the antipiracy component, which provides the messages, as well as other on-screen prompts, the other half of WGA detects if you are using an illegal copy of XP. This update only applies to Windows XP Professional

Microsoft did try to stop the sale of XP last year, but it seems that they cannot put the old dog down. Microsoft are to shift XP into a limited support plan in April, but have been forced to relax their rules on the OS as more users demand that their new computers have XP rather than Vista.

Microsoft have been working hard on its latest operating system, Windows 7, there are rumors that it will be shipping this September.

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