The Get Genuine Windows Agreement (GGWA) is aimed at increasing Windows XP licensing compliance among businesses.

Two versions of the GGWA are available:

• The Small and Medium Organization contract requires at least five licenses, and is available through Microsoft channel partners.

• The Large Organization agreement is available directly from Microsoft or through Large Account Resellers (LARs).

Microsoft apparently believes that some customers have “misunderstood” their agreements, and have installed full instead of upgrade copies of Windows XP on corporate computers as permitted with the license.

Cori Hartje, director of Microsoft’s Genuine Software Initiative explained that “These purchases are intended to be a onetime catch-up for the unlicensed situation,”

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