Microsoft has implemented a few techniques in the past years to prevent the distribution and production of non-genuine Windows operating systems. The most notorious is probably the Genuine Advantage system which prevents that certain offers and features can be installed or used on non-genuine systems. Still, even those systems have been eligible to receive security updates in the past and as Microsoft’s Paul Cooke, who works in Windows Client Enterprise Security, noted will continue in the future. This means that non-genuine Windows 7 systems will still be able to download and install security updates using the Automatic Updates feature that is build into Windows 7.
Non-genuine users will however not be able to use the update websites as these require a genuine Windows operating system. They will also not be able to download and install selected software and updates as some of these require a genuine Windows operating system as well.
The essence is that everything will remain as it was before. Click on the following link to read up on Windows 7 WGA changes in Windows 7.
