Will WGA shut down Legit XP Users? Yes

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From: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4794/53/

"However, there is now a rumour doing the rounds that Microsoft may use WGA to disable pirated versions of Windows.

Those of us using genuine copies of Windows should not worry - or should we? Some pundits have suggested that WGA may get it wrong on some occasions and disable computers running genuine copies of Windows. After all it is only a software program."

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