Users of pirated Windows get nagged

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Microsoft this week announced an expansion of its WGA program that adds nagging messages to PCs running pirated copies of XP. Dubbed Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, this tool displays the following message when you log on: "It appears that you could be a victim of software piracy. The copy of Windows installed on this computer is not considered to be genuine by Microsoft." The notification displays until the PC is running a genuine copy of Windows, Microsoft says. However, if you click a "Resolve me later" button, a permanent banner appears on the bottom of the screen, offering the same message. You know, I'm not a big fan of this kind of thing, but I have to say, this is pretty funny. And since this is Microsoft we're talking about, no legitimate users would ever be affected by this. Ahem.