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Sharktooth
26th August 2007, 21:11
Microsoft Corp. has blamed an unspecified server problem for a 19-hour stretch during which paying users of Windows XP and Vista were accused by the company's "Windows Genuine Advantage" validation system of running pirated software. Any Vista system fingered during the episode was stripped of some features, including the operating system's Aero graphical interface...

More info here: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9032798&source=rss_news50

I just wonder when M$ will finally drop the WGA...