Microsoft a livré le premier mettez à jour à l'Internet Explorer 7 en approximativement année depuis que la version du navigateur a été au commencement rendue disponible pour Windows XP SP2 et le serveur 2003 de Windows. Avec quelques coups secs mineurs à l'interface utilisateur et à l'graphiques améliorés premier-courez l'expérience et la vue d'ensemble, sur une excursion en ligne remodelée et un comment-TOS mis à jour, la nouvelle version de l'Internet Explorer 7 apporte une modification importante à la table. Le téléchargement et l'installation IE7 de la construction 7.0.5730.13 ne sont de quelque façon plus reliés au mécanisme véritable d'avantage de Windows.

Avant la mise à jour, les utilisateurs qui ont voulu accéder IE7 de Windows XP ont dû passer par deux étapes de validation de WGA. Une fois que leur logiciel d'exploitation en était marqué pendant que véritable au delà de doutent, les utilisateurs pourraient apprécier l'Internet Explorer 7. Et parce qu'IE7 est essentiellement conçu comme remplacement d'IE6, les utilisateurs de Windows XP ont dû passer par les disputes du mécanisme de WGA chaque fois qu'ils ont voulu déployer et installer le navigateur, quoique leur logiciel d'exploitation ait été déjà validé et re-validé comme véritable. (plus…)

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Davantage de recherche par notre équipe de WGA a mis en évidence plus d'information sur Question de validation de WGA affectant des utilisateurs ce week-end passé. Alex Kochis sur le blog de WGA décompose the events of the weekend that caused the validation failure, how it was identified and what was done to fix it, and changes we’ve made to WGA as a result. The upshot is that we’re working to improve WGA, having learned much from this failure, and the team, with Alex in the lead, is taking the matter and its impact very seriously.

Among the points that Alex calls out, one is that around 12,000 customers were affected worldwide. While I stated on Saturday that “very few customers” were affected — a poor choice of words, I will be the first to admit –, this by no means was meant to downplay the experience endured by those customers. As Alex puts it, “one bad customer experience is one too many,” and I completely agree. That’s the most important point and cannot be overstated. My apologies to anyone who felt slighted by interpreting that MS’ stance was less than responsive

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Further investigation by our WGA team has brought to light more information on the WGA validation issue affecting users this past weekend. Alex Kochis on the WGA blog breaks down the events of the weekend that caused the validation failure, how it was Read More……(read more)

Earlier today (25 August) we began receiving reports of Windows Vista customers running genuine systems but experiencing failures when attempting a Windows Genuine Advantage validation. This situation has since been resolved and validations are now being Read More……(read more)

Earlier today (25 August) we began receiving reports of Windows Vista customers running genuine systems but experiencing failures when attempting a Windows Genuine Advantage validation. This situation has since been resolved and validations are now being processed successfully.

We’ve since learned that very few customers were affected. Sr. Product Manager Alex Kochis and a team of engineers have been working on the issue and has blogged about it to keep customers up-to-date. Customers who received an incorrect validation response can fix their system by revalidating. I’d encourage anyone who received a validation failure since Friday evening to visit this site now; after successfully revalidating, any affected system should be rebooted to ensure that genuine-only features are restored.

Alex will be updating his blog with information as more information comes to light.

Unlike Windows XP, which was sent barefoot into the world, Windows Vista comes in the context of a mature anti-piracy infrastructure courtesy of the Windows Genuine Advantage mechanism, and with the Reduced Functionality Mode limitations. Reduced Functionality Mode in Vista is delivered in two distinct flavors: out-of-grace and non-genuine. The first is associated with operating systems that have not been activated in the initial 30 days grace period while the second is a result of the detection of a potentially pirated copy of the platform.

“Windows Vista may enter reduced functionality mode if one of the following conditions is true: you do not activate Windows Vista within the specified activation period; (more…)

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