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- Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?
- Since when is your IP address "personal information"?Your IP address is visible for the whole world to see, just like it always has been.Are people really this stupid?PersonallyIt's a hassle Windows could do without. People will pirate regardless, and in those terms, Microsoft is fighting a war it cannot win.I'm...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, tool, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, spyware, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or legitimate tool?
- Last week Microsoft was sued in a Washington district court for allegedly violating privacy laws through its use of Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy mechanism in Windows XP. Is WGA a legitimate anti-piracy tool or is it spyware? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Antipiracy, Spyware, Tool, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!
- Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!They sure have...Now if they'd only do so by making an actual good product rather than just locking everybody into using it....No SoI've been running Linux since giving up on Windows by having too many BSOD screens with Windows ME. And frankly, given Windows Genuine PITA...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- File format blues
- Routinely suppliers of technology and services send me a presentation deck. This deck is to meant to be the central focus of a conversation about their products or services. One would expect that these suppliers, or their public relations firms, would do their best to make sure that these presentations...
- Tags: Format, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, OpenOffice, Channel Management, Management, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validation
- Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validationWhy notMicrosoft sueing the Patents Troll for a completly uneffective.Windows WGA is most pathetic and easy to bypass illegal DRM evermade.Live by the bogus software patent lawsuit . . . . . . die by the bogus software patent law suit.Conficker 'Windows' patents...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Viruses and worms, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, patent loss, Conficker, Microsoft Corp., Windows WGA
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- It's time for Microsoft to supply ALL patches to All users
- It's time for Microsoft to supply ALL patches to All usersAnd everyonewith a stolen car, that has faulty brakes, should take it to the Dealer and get the brakes repaired under warranty. Because, that's what is best for society, regardless of whether or not they STOLE it.RE: It's time...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, Microsoft Products, Microsoft Corp., patch management, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-02
- Lawyer claims that Microsoft is "biggest hacker in China"
- Microsoft has decided to do something about piracy in China. In a country where 82% of all software is pirated Microsoft has this month decided to roll out Windows Genuine Advantage WGA. This has led one Beijing lawyer to label Microsoft the "biggest hacker in China." by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: China, Lawyer, Microsoft Corp., Hacker, Hacking, Piracy, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade barely for WGAReal LifeUnless you realy have a bootleg or keygened cd ke. pretty mush any XP sticker from any manufacturer can be "recycled" into any other PC. Just tell the right thing to the automated phone system: Did you change your motherboard: YES...And...
- Tags: deactivation option, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year’s report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...
- Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- News to know: Psystar vs. Apple; WGA; Linux under attack; FAA failure
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: News.com: Psystar responds to Apple suit, will countersue Sam Diaz: Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit? Psystar countersues Apple, alleges anticompetitive business practices...
- Tags: FAA, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Attack, Psystar, Linux, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notificationsI don't know what difference it will makePeople who love Windows will still love Windows. People who hate Windows will still hate Windows. People who pirate Windows will still pirate Windows.RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Pro user, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XP
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XPDo it right......kill WGA altogether!! Time to start listening to your customers, M$!!WGA, friend or foe?Somebody at my work brought to me his laptop that had XP pro. A friend of his had sold it to him and when he tried to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications
- Microsoft is stepping up its war on software pirates by rolling out new Windows Genuine notification software for what it is calling its most pirated version of Windows: Windows XP Professional. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Notification, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XP
- Microsoft is to tweak WGA Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications on Windows XP to make it behave more like WGA on Vista. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- News to know: WGA for Office; RSA; Apple; Adobe
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage 'nag' to Office Dennis Howlett: Secure coding: the invisible elephant RSA wrap: Larry Dignan: How will Microsoft's trusted stack work? Trusted Internet initiative aims for security...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage 'nag' to Office
- Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage 'nag' to OfficeKey: "Or deemed to be one"Yes, those who are incorrectly nagged will have a "fun" time ending the "nag stream".... Open Office never nags. And Office 2003 can still be used just fine. If we stop buying this...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- Microsoft+removes+another+one+of+WGA%27s+fangs
- Microsoft+removes+another+one+of+WGA%27s+fangsSo what's new???Samo samo........... crap!Seems like Microsoft has lost its nerve...They might as well just be rid of WGA and activation keys altogether if this is all that will happen if it is a pirated copy.Seems like Microsoft has lost its nerve...They might as well just be rid of WGA...
- Tags: error code, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., fang, SP1
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Microsoft removes another one of WGA's fangs
- This morning Microsoft announced another noteworthy change to its flagship Windows Genuine Advantage WGA program - an update to be rolled out later this month to all Vista users that will display a WGA warning dialog box when it detects either of two common Vista activation cracks. In the same announcement,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Updated WGA in SP1 (Updates WGA in SP1)
- Updated WGA in SP1 (Updates WGA in SP1)A Step in the Right DirectionThis is certainly and improvement.This is [i]INSANE![/i].You pay big bucks for Windows Vista. You jump through the hoops. You get it activated. You get it validated. Yet, Microsoft is SO contemptuous of its own customers, that it puts...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, SP1, WINDOWS VISTA IS, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage
- Discussion threads 2008-02-10
- SP1+brings+with+it+a+softer%2C+gentler%2C+naggier+WGA+-+Day+3
- SP1+brings+with+it+a+softer%2C+gentler%2C+naggier+WGA+-+Day+3Message has been deleted.IE for only 60 minutes at a timeMS really shouldn't reward bad behavior.Seriously, it does appear that MS has been listening to the complaints about Vista and is making an effort to remedy them. Still waiting for the performance comparisons with XP.RE: SP1+brings+with+it+a+softer%2C+gentler%2C+naggier+WGA+-+Day+3Gates and the rest...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, SP1+brings+with+it+a+softer%2C+gentler%2C+naggier+WGA+-+Day+3, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-09
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