Re: Install the Genuine Windows Validation Component

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"Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
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> Another case of paying customers considered to be pirates until they prove
> otherwise.
>
> So, first we have to activate. Then, if we want patches, we have to
> validate. What's next?
>
> Alias


The most abhorrent practice of all of course is the way Microsoft sends it's
people out to put a gun to your head and force you to use Microsoft
products. ;-) I mean after all there are no other alternatives. What's a
body to do....

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