MS Validation Plugin (FF 1.5)

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Hope this hasn’t been posted elsewhere. Just got back from a trip to Buffalo, and have been away from the boards for a couple of weeks. Just downloaded a file from Microsoft’s Download Center, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Microsoft now has a plugin for Firefox that fixes the Genuine Windows Validation issue. It automatically retrieves and installs the plugin; after that, FF 1.5 is able to download from the MS site w/o a problem. Don’t know if it works in Microsoft Update — I doubt it will. But, it is nice not to have to validate my own copy of Windows every time I want to download a file from MS!

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Are you saying that following the installation of this Firefox “plugin” (it doesn’t appear to be an ‘extension’) you don’t have to run the GenuineCheck.exe program any longer?

John

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Hi LR,

Where do we locate this plug-in? I’ve run a search of MS download site but I am apparently not putting in the right search terms. Thanks!!

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Hi Skitterbug

You can download and Save the plugin at this link.
You’ll need JavaScript allowed.
Click “OK” in the first popup then you can choose to Install or Save.

Have a Great day!!!
Ken

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Thanks Ken for the link. The download installed just fine according to the little “test” on MS’s page and then I gave Tony’s file a go just to see what would happen. MS didn’t challenge my request and I could download their file without having to go through validation again! I’ll put your link in my bookmarks and the validation download file in my “to keep” folder!

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Is there any way to determine what plug-ins are installed, and the version numbers?

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Chris

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Chris

Tools|Options|Downloads and select Plug-ins…

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Perhaps it’s because I don’t understand Latin, but it seems I getting a different dialog box to you.

I don’t see Plug-ins; if I click “View & Edit Actions”, there is no sign of the Validation Plugin…

Chris

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Whoops, my mistake, I did not read that you were on FF 1.5. have you tried typing about:config in the address bar it should give you a list of your configuration with a list of your plug ins…I did it in 1.0.7 and did not get version history. It may be different in FF 1.5.

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Enter about:plugins in the address bar to view details of plug-ins.

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The plug-in has been around for about 2 months and does not work with Microsoft Update.

For those who want to try it you can either wait until you need to download a file that requires validation, or get it from Windows Genuine Advantage Plug-in installation

To try out the plug-in, a download that requires validation is Windows Journal Viewer 1.5

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