Post by thread:[OT]: Microsoft WGA is not spyware

Peter wrote: > It is permanentware, or something like that. Excuse my bad English. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/spyware_lesson/ > > P. > Very ominous, very worrisome. Looks like more MS shenannigans. and I thought it would get better as Gates bails out. It won't. --Bob

>> It is permanentware, or something like that. Excuse my bad English. >> >> www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/spyware_lesson/ >> >> P. >> > Very ominous, very worrisome. Looks like more MS shenannigans. > and I thought it would get better as Gates bails out. It won't. Disabling code here http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/28/microsoft_genuine_ad.html I run genuine Windows on all PCs here, but I object to potential time-bombs being loaded into my systems. I used to run full auto-update but, after several recent updates started trashing several PCs here I now view them 1st and load only if they appear relevant. When WGA first arrived I read it's bio and decided it had no value or use in my systems and didn't run it. Looks like that was the right choice. RM

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Russell McMahon wrote: > Disabling code here > > http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/28/microsoft_genuine_ad.html Isn't it somewhat sad that it takes 3 seconds to disable a copy protection scheme on a platform that is supposed to be more secure than ever ? Using a Javascript line in a browser of all things ? Sheesh. Peter

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Bob Axtell wrote: > Peter wrote: >> It is permanentware, or something like that. Excuse my bad English. >> >> www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/spyware_lesson/ >> >> P. >> > Very ominous, very worrisome. Looks like more MS shenannigans. > and I thought it would get better as Gates bails out. It won't. Well, I think I can see a business opportunity in selling office chairs in Redmond, WA. I think that there will be some demand (to replace occasionally broken chairs) ... Peter

Russell McMahon <spam_OUTapptechTakeThisOuTparadise.net.nz> wrote: >>> It is permanentware, or something like that. Excuse my bad English. >>> www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/spyware_lesson/ >> Very ominous, very worrisome. Looks like more MS shenannigans. >> and I thought it would get better as Gates bails out. It won't. > Disabling code here > http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/28/microsoft_genuine_ad.html ...but if WGA allready puts a "NOT Genuine XP" banner, 1. Start pc from OEM CD 2. del c:\winnt\system32\wga* 3. del c:\winnt\wga*.exe 4. Restart the PC. Problem solved. Dennis Crawley Argentina(6)

Dennis Crawley wrote: > ...but if WGA allready puts a "NOT Genuine XP" banner, Not that it would here, but ... > 1. Start pc from OEM CD > 2. del c:\winnt\system32\wga* > 3. del c:\winnt\wga*.exe > 4. Restart the PC. > > Problem solved. ...are you sure? I think I have it installed, but this is all I see in terms of wga* files in the Windows directory tree: c:\windows>dir /sbf wga* C:\WINDOWS\WGA.log C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\cd6812fef1fd3e79d9350b24a76108f1\update\wga.cat C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\cd6812fef1fd3e79d9350b24a76108f1\update\wgacustom.dll None of this would have been deleted following your instructions. (FWIW and AFAIK, WINNT was the default name for the Windows directory for NT versions up to and including Win2k, but WinXP moved back to using WINDOWS as default name.) Gerhard