


You need to manually select this update to download and install it from Windows Update. But do remember one thing -> this update do not download and installs itself automatically even if your windows update setings are set to 'automatically check for updates and install them'. You can also download it manually via Microsoft website from link But for you the better bet would be that you should check via Windows Update from the start menu. Yes of course you are true that Microsoft decided to launch an update number KB971033 ( ) to detect more than 70 known activation hacks and exploits. But the main problem here is that Microsoft Download center uses the earlier version for validation but that you can also download and install on your PC if you download any WGA protected download from the download center like from I hope that this answer would satisfy your query. Later on Microsoft releases updates to WAT to check activation and licencing hacks. Windows 7 and Windows Vista have inbullt tool and services collectively called as "WAT (Windows Activation Technologies)" and is installed when windows is installed. Since Windows 7 and Windows Vista have Windows Activation Technologies instead of Windows Genuine Advantage notifications so wga tool earlier working for Windows XP is actually not meant for Windows Vista or Windows 7. The tool which you download to your PC from the link is actually a validation tool for Windows XP but it can also run on Windows 7 including Windows Vista.


Alternatively if you want to do online validation, just move to and click on validate windows to validate your copy of Windows. You can just download the old tool from the link and run the tool to check your copy of Windows 7. Yes there is a tool (Offline & Online) for Windows 7 which can tell if your PC is genuine. I hope that this would satisfy your query ! Regards, Ravi Since, you are running a genuine version of Windows 7, so need not to worry as you will not see any changes and all the work will be done in background without any user interaction. This update after downloading and installing on your system will check for updated list of activation exploits as soon as your computer is connected to the internet so as to verify that your copy is genuine.
