Genuine Advantage update - UNremovable??

How can I remove this update? You cannot apparently use Add/Remove programs
and I am upset that this is even possible. I don't want ANY additional
garbage on my system that I don't need.

please help!

On a separate note - Why would they even release an update if you can't
remove it!! I had to back out of SP2 when it first came out because it
stopped Pro Tools from running!

MoJoe wrote:

> How can I remove this update? You cannot apparently use Add/Remove programs
> and I am upset that this is even possible. I don't want ANY additional
> garbage on my system that I don't need.
>
> please help!
>
> On a separate note - Why would they even release an update if you can't
> remove it!! I had to back out of SP2 when it first came out because it
> stopped Pro Tools from running!


There is an Yahoo news article that says that the use of WGA
is a "pilot" program and that it was slowly being rolled out.
AFAIK, it is now in its 4th revision in a very short period
of time and that it was released as a "critical" update. Too
bad that Automatic Updates uploaded and installed it. People
need to take control of their own systems.

"MoJoe" <> schrieb:

> How can I remove this update?

An uninstallation isn't available by default. In case you wanna remove
that "Beta" update:
http://patch-info.de/WinXP/Downloads...ninstaller.exe

Bye,
Freudi