KB892130 Update

I've made two previous posts (here and here) about the 'Windows Genuine Advantage Program'. After somebody posted a comment that the page was still not found on Microsoft's website. I sent an email to Microsoft support. They actually emailed me back quickly and fixed the dead link. The page now appears here.

Here is Microsoft's verbiage of what the 'Windows Genuine Advantage Program' is:

If you access downloads on the Microsoft Download Center or on the Microsoft Windows Update Web site, you may be prompted to complete the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check process. On the Download Center Web site, you may be prompted to install an ActiveX control when you select a download that is marked with the WGA icon. On the Windows Update Web site, the ActiveX control is a mandatory update. This update is required to access downloads that are specific to Windows.

On both the Microsoft Download Center and the Windows Update Web site, an ActiveX control that is known as the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool performs a validation check to verify that your copy of Windows is genuine. If your copy of Windows is genuine, you may continue to access the download. If the copy of Windows does not pass the validation check, you receive a message that states why Windows did not pass the check. Additionally, you receive information about other steps to try and about how to obtain a genuine copy of Windows. If you are using the Windows Update Web site, you are returned to that Web site, where you can obtain non-Windows downloads.

I guess the mystery is solved. As we all assumed, you can only download Windows Updates if you have a genuine licensed copy of Windows.