Re: WGA
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:33:01 -0700, OTHMAN cast into the ether:
What do you think People? any feedback
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5144698.stm
"Customers have been crying out for a tool which could tell them if they
have been duped,"ROFLAPACHECOPTER! LOLLERSKATEBOARDS!!!!!111111!!
Yeah right. Never a day goes by that I don't hear someone say that.
WGA is spyware, plain and simple. If MS had just required validation to
d/l an update, that would no prob AFAIC. But anything that is put on my
computer by stealth that is constantly calling home that I can't readily
uninstall is spyware!
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JaR
MCNGP 22
Here there be dragons
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