A new Windows XP Update feature, Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool KB892130, is set in the way to curb, or I would say, lessen the current piracy problem faced by Microsoft.

Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool will put an additional protection step during users performing their Windows XP Updates. It is 443KB in size and takes less than 1 minute to download. What Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool does is to verify users’s copy of Microsoft Windows by checking Windows Product Identification and its activation status.

What it means is that it will prevent unauthorized copies of Windows XP by preventing them to perform all Windows updates.

One thing worth taking notes is that this tool cannot be removed once it is installed on your PC. So you might want to read out the details before you do the installation.

Once you have performed Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool update, you will be provided with the following enhancements.

1. Express and custom installation
2. Smarter downloads
3. Smaller downloads
4. One version
5. Less clutter
6. Update news

For updated info, please read the link here.