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Skriven 2009-04-18 17:39:00 av TOM WALKER (1:123/140)
Ärende: MS at it again
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I just had Windows refuuce to even check for upgrades because I had
Automatic Updates turned OFF. I could not get to then to see anything
until I turned it on. I did lock out the "Automatic Download" though
because I only want the Numbers for the upgrades and then download them
from the MS download site becasue I have to do multipule machines.

Once BULLY BILLIE takes retribution for those that DO NOT march to HIS
Drumner!!!   :-(  :-(  :-(

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Windows Genuine Advantage is still genuinely bad

By Ryan Russell

Microsoft's system for validating Windows before users can download most
updates continues to be a problem for legitimate customers and for
Internet security as a whole.

Despite claims of offering better security, Windows Genuine Advantage
(WGA) serves only Microsoft's marketing interests - but you can
eliminate the need for WGA if you know the trick.

Microsoft has long been considered a marketing bully, but with WGA the
company has taken its lack of consideration for its customers to a new
low.

Windows Secrets has been tracking the WGA story for years. Editorial
director Brian Livingston aptly labeled an earlier version of WGA as
"Microsoft spyware" in a June 15, 2006, Top Story.

More recently, Brian remarked in a March 30, 2009, news update that PCs
failing WGA validation don't automatically receive all available patches
from Microsoft. That spawned a critique from a Microsoft spokeswoman
which was printed, along with Brian's response, in technical editor
Dennis O'Reilly's Known Issues column on April 2. (There's also an
Office Genuine Advantage program, which you hear less about but has the
same problems as WGA.)

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