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InternetNews November 29, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Revises Controversial WGA Microsoft has revised its controversial Windows Genuine Advantage program in an attempt to improve accuracy, reduce false positives and fight tampering.
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PC Magazine August 12, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking	Can't Update? Reinstalling Windows XP will wipe out the history of your system updates.
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Andy Patrizio	When Is Spyware Not Spyware? Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage program, something forced on every single Windows user, sends data back to Microsoft every night.
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PC Magazine August 3, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking	Get Rid of Corrupted Windows Updates Is there any way to delete Windows XP updates that are already downloaded but not installed?
PC World August 2006 Lincoln Spector	Save Windows Updates Locally for Faster Reinstalls Save Windows XP updates and patches so you don't have to keep downloading them... Scheduling a system to hibernate... Continue with copying files even if one of the files can't be copied... Organize and sort data with Microsoft Word...
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InternetNews December 26, 2007	Microsoft's Piracy Fight Gains Momentum in China Microsoft continues reaping the benefits of Beijing's efforts to curb illegal wares.
InternetNews April 8, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Unblocked SP2, 'Critical' Patches on Deck From Microsoft Microsoft prepares fixes for MSN Messenger, Exchange and Office at the same time it removes blocks for Windows XP SP2.
PC Magazine March 2, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Microsoft: Dueling Pirates Microsoft is planning to make its voluntary Windows antipiracy program mandatory in the second half of 2005.
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