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Skriven 2006-06-28 21:29:22 av Don Hills (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 11824 av Antti Kurenniemi (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: 1 For Rich (A WGA Notifications Tool Remover)
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From: black.hole.4.spam@gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article <44a2053d@w3.nls.net>,
"Antti Kurenniemi" <NOantti@SPAManttikPLEASE.com> wrote:
>
>It'll get funny before it blows up in their face. Think what some Big Boss
>of a Big Company will say when they find out they had to hire an extra 17000
>people just to run around entering some activation codes, and yet another
>12000 people to argue on the phone with MS about which one of those codes
>are pirated and which ones are not.

The way I understand it, VLK customers will have a central licence management
server. It will attach a licence to the key generated from each machine in the
business, up to the maximum purchased. Periodically it will communicate the
database to Microsoft. "Reactivation" due to hardware replacements etc will be
handled by a local sysadmin.

I saw a rumour today that sometime early next year Microsoft will make WGA
mandatory - if you don't have it installed, your copy of Windows stops working
just as if you failed to reactivate it:

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http://iplist.blogspot.com/2006/06/ip-interesting-interaction-with.html

I like to review updates before they are installed. The only update that I have
not installed is the latest WGA because of the security issues related to it.

I called Microsoft support to see if there is a hidden option to say, "yep,
I've got updates turned to manual... it's okay." The rep said, "No and why
wouldn't you want to get the latest updates to Windows."

I responded with the issues relating to WGA. He spent some time telling me that
WGA was a good thing, etc. I reiterated that I have accepted all the updates
except WGA and just want to review the updates before they're installed on my
machine.

He told me that "in the fall, having the latest WGA will become mandatory and
if its not installed, Windows will give a 30 day warning and when the 30 days
is up and WGA isn't installed, Windows will stop working, so you might as well
install WGA now."

I'm wondering if Microsoft has the right to disable Windows functionality or
the OS as a whole (tantamount to revoking my legitimate Windows license) if I
do not install every piece of software that they send it updates.


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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

That can't be true, can it? I'm always suspicious of any report that comes from
a front-line tech support drone, so I sent a note to Microsoft asking for an
official confirmation or, better yet, a denial. Instead, I got this terse
response from a Microsoft spokesperson:

  As we have mentioned previously, as the WGA Notifications program
  expands in the future, CUSTOMERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE.
  [emphasis added] Microsoft is gathering feedback in select markets to
  learn how it can best meet its customers' needs and will keep customers
  informed of any changes to the program.

That's it. That's the entire response.

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Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
"New interface closely resembles Presentation Manager,
 preparing you for the wonders of OS/2!"
    -- Advertisement on the box for Microsoft Windows 2.11 for 286

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