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You can choose not to install it, but figuring out how to keep it from slipping in with high-priority security patches is not that easy (see later in this story for precise instructions on how to do that). WGA Notifications is delivered via Automatic Updates and it is technically optional. WGA Notifications was rolled out this spring. It directs people who experience this to resources to learn more about getting what Microsoft calls 'genuine' software. WGA Notifications was designed to remind users who fail validation that their Windows software has been deemed by WGA Validation to be illegitimate. (See Microsoft's KnowlegeBase article, Description of Windows Genuine Advantage, for more information about WGA Validation.) WGA Validation is not required to receive security patches from Automatic Updates. WGA Validation has been required for access of these types of downloadble software from Microsoft since July 2005.

Your system must be validated in order to receive some software (such as Internet Explorer 7, Windows Defender, and Windows Media Player 10) from Windows Update and Microsoft Update. It first appeared prior to the download of Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1 (later renamed Windows Defender). WGA Validation is the component that checks Windows to make sure it's a properly licensed copy of the software. There are two separate parts of Windows Genuine Advantage for Windows XP: WGA Validation and WGA Notifications. Microsoft may kid itself into believing that WGA has some sort of security aspect, but many knowledgeable computer users aren't buying that. For many people, the fact that the software giant delivers WGA as a security update is another strong note of insincerity. WGA has appeared in several beta versions, with slightly different behaviors, and Microsoft appears to be continuing to develop this software. For most XP users, that means Automatic Updates, which Microsoft has worked very hard since Windows XP SP2 to make us run in full-automatic mode. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software is installed on computers running Windows XP via Microsoft's online update services.

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