Re: Windows Is Calling Home

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ZA may be pestering you but WGA Notifications and AU aren't.

Kerneldebugger wrote:
Roger that, I did agree to buy the operating system, I did pay good money
for it, I did install it under the terms of the EULA, and all of that, but I
did not agree to be pestered by it every single day when I boot my computer
(and it feels obligated to ask Bill Gates if I really and truly paid for the
operating system). What say you now?


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you agreed to install the optional Windows Genuine Advantage
Notifications (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905474), this utility will
frequently "phone home." Let me emphasize that your agreed to an explicit
EULA when you installed it.

Automatic Updates will also "phone home" when you (re)start your computer.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Kerneldebugger wrote:
When my computer is booted in the morning, Windows Genuine Advantage
(WGA)
apparently just has to access the internet. I know this because, when I
deny access in the firewall (Zone Alarm) I get the popup alert that WGA
is
trying to gain access. Every time I boot the computer, as soon as the
internet connection is loaded, there are about 4 items that immediately
start sending and receiving data. At least one of those is WGA, perhaps
more than one. Does WGA have to check in every time an XP computer is
booted?

TIA

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