Forced Installation of Genuine Advantage Program

I have just purchased a new laptop and im already resentful that i was forced
to pay a lot of money for windows xp professional. What gives microsoft the
right to force the industry and the consumer to pay for software that they
don't necessarily want or need. I should be allowed to purchase a computer
with no operating system installed.

But i was also appaled that when i went to windows update to patch the bug
ridden insecure operating system that i was just forced to purchase, i was
also forced to install the genuine advantage program validation tool. The
windows update installer did not give me any choice not to install this
spyware component.

I have disabled it in the add on manager in internet explorer but the
average user would not know to do this. I find it offensive that microsoft
thinks it has a right to install such software on my pc.

You do not, and users have every right to receive updates and security
patches without such malware being thrust upon them.

I know, tell me about it. Same thing goes for me. I just purchased a new
laptop as well. Microsoft always tries new things to prevent copying and
using illegal copies but it only gives the legitimate copy users a friggin
headache. Install this...install that...let me spy on you....and don't
forget to install that other update as well.

"jurujen" wrote:

> I have just purchased a new laptop and im already resentful that i was forced
> to pay a lot of money for windows xp professional. What gives microsoft the
> right to force the industry and the consumer to pay for software that they
> don't necessarily want or need. I should be allowed to purchase a computer
> with no operating system installed.
>
> But i was also appaled that when i went to windows update to patch the bug
> ridden insecure operating system that i was just forced to purchase, i was
> also forced to install the genuine advantage program validation tool. The
> windows update installer did not give me any choice not to install this
> spyware component.
>
> I have disabled it in the add on manager in internet explorer but the
> average user would not know to do this. I find it offensive that microsoft
> thinks it has a right to install such software on my pc.
>
> You do not, and users have every right to receive updates and security
> patches without such malware being thrust upon them.
>
>