Re: WGA Simple Question

Jack Gillis wrote:

Does WGA 'phone home' even if Automatic Updates is not enabled?

Thank you.

Yep.

That's one reason why you shouldn't use MS's Web Update technologies to
patch your computer.

Learn how to patch your OS through Common Sense Computing:

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