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June 6th, 2006, 06:13 AM
#11
Found a torrent for *cough, cough* antiwga.exe *cough, cough* but it seems the...ahem...tracker can't find some place called "Pirate Bay".
Anybody know the way to Pirate Bay?
How 'bout San Jose?
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
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June 8th, 2006, 04:45 AM
#12
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy of Windows also quietly checks in daily with the software maker.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/microsoft...JlYmhvBHNlYwM-
Any wonder spyware is so extensive on PC's when the prevailing ethos among industry leaders is to sneak around inside your PC?
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
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June 8th, 2006, 02:20 PM
#13
Have you tried just renaming WgaTray.exe in WgaTray.bak or something like that. Then it won't load the annying icon but there are no registry entries for it. I wonder if that would negate the risk it creates.
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"If I'd asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse." ~ Henry Ford
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June 8th, 2006, 03:05 PM
#14
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June 8th, 2006, 07:59 PM
#15
I found THIS link on abcnews.com about that stupid anti piracy tool of M$. just for yall's info. I like to keep people informed.
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June 8th, 2006, 09:13 PM
#16
"Really what you're talking about is someone saying, 'Look we've put something on your computer and it might go screwy, so we're going to kind of check in every day,'" he said.
Exactly my point about Vista
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June 8th, 2006, 10:54 PM
#17
Johnno, do your realize your inching closer and closer to 10,000 Posts.... that is insane!
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June 8th, 2006, 11:38 PM
#18
10 print "This is genuine microsoft software honest!!"
run
compile WgaTray.exe
copy wgatray.exe / %windir%
mwahahahahaaaaaaaa hahahah aha hhha aaaaaachooooo !"!
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June 9th, 2006, 11:19 AM
#19
All in all, not something that would give me confidence to rush out and buy Vista.
Unfortunately, it's the customers who will be rushing out and buying Vista. I'll probably be using Vista whether I like it or not.
That information-gathering is disclosed in a licensing agreement. But the agreement does not make clear that the program also is designed to "call home" to Microsoft's servers, to make sure that it should keep running.
What a wonderful business model...
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
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June 9th, 2006, 11:59 AM
#20
Hi brokencrow ,
My emphasis was on the "rush" aspect, I would hang back a while and let the dust settle.
I would guess that MS will release the corporate version(s) first and try to time the home and SOHO for the Christmas rush? A lot of these will be bought in cut price stores, so I won't see them for a year?
That would be a good thing IMO because corporates would give it a thorough testing before deployment and the small guys will get the benefit.
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