{"id":197,"date":"2005-05-06T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-06T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2005\/05\/06\/microsoft-offers-genuine-windows-xp-free-file-piracy-report-counterfeit-cd\/"},"modified":"2020-03-29T18:12:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T12:42:41","slug":"microsoft-offers-genuine-windows-xp-free-file-piracy-report-counterfeit-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2005\/05\/microsoft-offers-genuine-windows-xp-free-file-piracy-report-counterfeit-cd\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Offers Genuine Windows XP Free: File Piracy Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is willing to replace your purchased counterfeit versions of Windows XP with complimentary genuine Windows copies, if customers are willing to file a piracy report on the vendor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betanews.com\/article\/NonLegit_Windows_Users_Get_Amnesty\/1115239342\" rel=\"noopener\">Beta News reports<\/a>\u00a0 that\u00a0Microsoft will now compensate customers in the United States with complimentary genuine Windows copies who\u00a0unknowingly purchased counterfeit versions of Windows XP . However customers must first file a \u00a0confidential piracy report,\u00a0with a proof of purchase and report\u00a0the unscrupulous reseller.\u00a0Microsoft is also offering a $149 replacement Windows key as an alternative<\/p>\n<p>This is part of an on going effort of Microsoft to <strong>curb software piracy<\/strong>. Genuine Microsoft software is software that is licensed by Microsoft, certified as authentic by Microsoft, and published and supported by Microsoft. <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows\/help\/genuine\/faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This page<\/a> explains the importance of validating your Windows installation, and the benefits of using only genuine Microsoft software. Did you know about the Windows XP Genuine Advantage Offers, Promotions and Discounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> For those posting comments on this article &#8211; This article quotes a news report from Beta News in 2005. This deal is not available from this site. You need to check on the Microsoft website if the deal is still valid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is willing to replace your purchased counterfeit versions of Windows XP with complimentary genuine Windows copies, if customers are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}