Re: WGA now compulsory for getting Windows updates ???


"Alias" <alsoknownas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Chris wrote:
Have MS now made installation of WGA compulsory, if you want to use the
Windows Update web site?

I just tried the update site and got the following message.

(Oh, and yes, my copy of XP is 100% legal. I just previously declined to
install all the WGA stuff)

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Software Upgrade for Some Windows Components Required

To use Microsoft Update, you must first install the latest version of
some Windows components. This will allow your computer to work with these
new features on the site:

Details

Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
1.1 MB , less than 1 minute The Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool
enables you to verify that
your copy of Microsoft Windows is genuine. The tool validates your
Windows installation by checking Windows Product Identification and
Product Activation status.
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Seems as though MS is bound and determined to WGA itself out of business.
I plan to use Auto Update this weekend for the updates as I refuse to
install WGA or any of its flavors.

The ironic thing is that this is of no benefit to the end user at all and
just serves to make customers angry at being forced to prove that one is
not a pirate.

Alias

Really, I'm not trying to be funny, but I don't see what the problem is.
It's in all our interests to get rid of piracy, isn't it? So I download
WGA, so what? I get the updates. Please sincerely convince me of the
problem.


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