Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool KB892130


"Professor" <Professor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> After reading most of the posts in this forum, I was not surprised to
> receive
> a reply from you, Carey. It seems to me that you are acting as a shill for
> Microsoft, as you have fully accepted the "Big Brother" aspect of this
> whole
> affair.
>
> It is obvious that Microsoft is the party that is paranoid, not me. I have
> plenty of evidence that they have cost me a lot of time and grief in their
> war against piracy.
>
> In what other industry can you "buy" a product, and then be repeatedly
> forced to prove that you did indeed purchase that product in order to
> continue using it -- without even any reasonable suspicion that you are
> guilty of fraud?
>
> As I said in my original post, I am looking for an answer to my question,
> not another put-down from a "so-called" MVP.

The answer is no. I am not an MVP and never will be one but just download
the WGA and start using your computer instead of configuring it.

Personally, I am looking into Linux as, like you, I don't think that paying
customers should have to prove they bought something. PA and WGA only affect
paying customers. They say they lose money and that's why they're doing it.
My take is that they are spending more money on phone reps for activation
than they lose through piracy and the ironic thing is that IT HAS DONE
NOTHING WHATSOVER TO STOP PIRACY, ONLY INCONVENINECED WHAT USED TO BE LOYAL
CUSTOMERS.

Alias
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> The Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool KB892130 is a fact of life.
>> Time to get over your unfounded paranoia!
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP - Shell/User
>> Microsoft Newsgroups
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Professor" wrote:
>>
>> | I have read all of the posts about WGA in this forum, and none of them
>> seems
>> | to answer the question I was concerned about.
>> |
>> | How can I download the updates I WANT, without downloading KB8932130?
>> |
>> | I refuse to download ANY update that says, "Once you have installed
>> this
>> | item, it cannot be removed."
>> |
>> | I have been through Product Activation several times, and don't want to
>> have
>> | to be subjected to that process again. I am cerainly not going to
>> download
>> | any update that may force me to do it again. However, I want to keep
>> | up-to-date with the latest critical downloads (at least after they have
>> been
>> | around long enough to ensure that they don't cause more problems than
>> they
>> | solve).
>> |
>> | I have also been to the FAQ page for WGA, and they do not address this
>> | problem in any way.
>>
>>


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