WGA has 40% failure rate with legit Office and Vista One Year Out

One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is glitching
40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP has the same rate
of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office glitches they want to
start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no two instances anymore).
This is ridiculous but much less of a problem since the minimum waged butts
in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India (the cheapest outsourcing of support
possible--i.e. the American way) haven't a clue how to fix Office of Vista
or how to speak English.

This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still the
same:

Win XP WGA Glitches

http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25

Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142

"According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems with
WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums during that
period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows. That's not just our
opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by the Redmond-approved
Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."

CH

"Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
news:...
> One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is glitching
> 40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP has the same
> rate of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office glitches they
> want to start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no two instances
> anymore). This is ridiculous but much less of a problem since the minimum
> waged butts in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India (the cheapest
> outsourcing of support possible--i.e. the American way) haven't a clue how
> to fix Office of Vista or how to speak English.
>
> This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still the
> same:
>
> Win XP WGA Glitches
>
> http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25
>
> Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142
>
> "According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems
> with WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums during
> that period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows. That's not
> just our opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by the
> Redmond-approved Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."
>
> CH


And the population sampled ?

Quote " With the help of a researcher, I went through a sample of 137 "

CH is off base a bit - as usual.

42% of 137 people who reported problems - both Windows XP and Vista -
"maybe" had genuine Windows software. How many hundreds of millions had no
problems, indicated by the lack of this number of posts.

Isn't it amazing what selective editing can do?

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Regards,

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(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"forty-nine" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
> news:...
>> One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is glitching
>> 40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP has the same
>> rate of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office glitches they
>> want to start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no two instances
>> anymore). This is ridiculous but much less of a problem since the minimum
>> waged butts in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India (the cheapest
>> outsourcing of support possible--i.e. the American way) haven't a clue
>> how to fix Office of Vista or how to speak English.
>>
>> This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still
>> the same:
>>
>> Win XP WGA Glitches
>>
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25
>>
>> Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142
>>
>> "According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems
>> with WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums during
>> that period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows. That's not
>> just our opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by the
>> Redmond-approved Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."
>>
>> CH
>
>
> And the population sampled ?
>
> Quote " With the help of a researcher, I went through a sample of 137 "
>

"forty-nine" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
> news:...
>> One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is glitching
>> 40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP has the same
>> rate of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office glitches they
>> want to start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no two instances
>> anymore). This is ridiculous but much less of a problem since the minimum
>> waged butts in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India (the cheapest
>> outsourcing of support possible--i.e. the American way) haven't a clue
>> how to fix Office of Vista or how to speak English.
>>
>> This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still
>> the same:
>>
>> Win XP WGA Glitches
>>
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25
>>
>> Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142
>>
>> "According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems
>> with WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums during
>> that period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows. That's not
>> just our opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by the
>> Redmond-approved Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."
>>
>> CH
>
>
> And the population sampled ?
>
> Quote " With the help of a researcher, I went through a sample of 137 "
>

This is nothing new; I had problems with WGA on XP for a few years. I
reported it many different times and had the "techs" try to help (Never to
any avail); some of them were so ignorant of the windows operating system
that I had to point out errors in THEIR instructions. Then, a few months
ago, I got Vista and the same WGA crap started again; I corrected that
myself because I didn't want to have to hold the "techs" hand and walk them
through the process. The main issues with WGA failure seem to be
communication errors. Those errors are usually caused by errant files left
over from an "upgrade" or a user having installed somthing especially
"helpful" such as Norton or some other "utility". My install of Vista is
activated and works very well but there are a couple of problems that might
have3 toi do with WGA. The main problem is that whenever I go to a Microsoft
site and try to download a file, another smaller window opens saying that
the connection has been lost. That window is complete BS because the
computer is still connected to the Internet.

It wouldn't have been sensational enough to post "WGA has 58 issues posted
during 2 week period out of 60,000,000 users"
The Geraldo Rivera school of journalism has a recent graduating class.

"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> CH is off base a bit - as usual.
>
> 42% of 137 people who reported problems - both Windows XP and Vista -
> "maybe" had genuine Windows software. How many hundreds of millions had no
> problems, indicated by the lack of this number of posts.
>
> Isn't it amazing what selective editing can do?
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "forty-nine" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is
>>> glitching 40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP has
>>> the same rate of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office
>>> glitches they want to start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no
>>> two instances anymore). This is ridiculous but much less of a problem
>>> since the minimum waged butts in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India
>>> (the cheapest outsourcing of support possible--i.e. the American way)
>>> haven't a clue how to fix Office of Vista or how to speak English.
>>>
>>> This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still
>>> the same:
>>>
>>> Win XP WGA Glitches
>>>
>>> http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25
>>>
>>> Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142
>>>
>>> "According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems
>>> with WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums during
>>> that period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows. That's not
>>> just our opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by the
>>> Redmond-approved Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."
>>>
>>> CH
>>
>>
>> And the population sampled ?
>>
>> Quote " With the help of a researcher, I went through a sample of 137 "
>>
>

The population sampled was people with genuine Windoz and people who didn't
have no genuine windoz. LOL Who is reading this to you? Does it get old on
mommy's lap all day?

CH


"forty-nine" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
> news:...
>> One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is glitching
>> 40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP has the same
>> rate of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office glitches they
>> want to start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no two instances
>> anymore). This is ridiculous but much less of a problem since the minimum
>> waged butts in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India (the cheapest
>> outsourcing of support possible--i.e. the American way) haven't a clue
>> how to fix Office of Vista or how to speak English.
>>
>> This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still
>> the same:
>>
>> Win XP WGA Glitches
>>
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25
>>
>> Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142
>>
>> "According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems
>> with WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums during
>> that period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows. That's not
>> just our opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by the
>> Redmond-approved Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."
>>
>> CH
>
>
> And the population sampled ?
>
> Quote " With the help of a researcher, I went through a sample of 137 "
>

Whilst sitting on my mommy's lap...I learned how to decipher bogus
statistics.
You were watching Barney and Friends.

"Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
news:%...
> The population sampled was people with genuine Windoz and people who
> didn't have no genuine windoz. LOL Who is reading this to you? Does it
> get old on mommy's lap all day?
>
> CH
>
>
> "forty-nine" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is
>>> glitching 40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP has
>>> the same rate of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office
>>> glitches they want to start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no
>>> two instances anymore). This is ridiculous but much less of a problem
>>> since the minimum waged butts in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India
>>> (the cheapest outsourcing of support possible--i.e. the American way)
>>> haven't a clue how to fix Office of Vista or how to speak English.
>>>
>>> This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still
>>> the same:
>>>
>>> Win XP WGA Glitches
>>>
>>> http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25
>>>
>>> Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142
>>>
>>> "According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems
>>> with WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums during
>>> that period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows. That's not
>>> just our opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by the
>>> Redmond-approved Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."
>>>
>>> CH
>>
>>
>> And the population sampled ?
>>
>> Quote " With the help of a researcher, I went through a sample of 137 "
>>
>

Urban is offbase as usual and the fan boy in him leaps out. I quoted three
sources fanboy:

1) MSFT
2) Ed Bott who has more value and info in his little finger than you've
spouted in your entire career on these groups.
3) I linked MSFT's site for reporting WGA screwups.

If you want a fourth source, check the glitches reported on the WGA MSDN
blog.

You don't have to do and I didn't do any selective editing putz, all you
have to do is read any of the links.

The common denominator of 90% of your posts to "help" sputter generalities
and say absolutely nothing specific or useful.

You failed to pinpoint where the editing was selective. The links speak for
themselves or "res ipsa loquitor."

I'll pit my record of significant fixes on this group against yours any day
of the week and I back up my posts with specifics.

What's funny is your penchant for being a MSFT suckup and fanboy is so
strong that you failed to notice that I merely posted the links--two from
MSFT and one from Ed Bott.

I haven't seen you post anything but your suckup fanboy comment to refute
it.

CH


"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> CH is off base a bit - as usual.
>
> 42% of 137 people who reported problems - both Windows XP and Vista -
> "maybe" had genuine Windows software. How many hundreds of millions had no
> problems, indicated by the lack of this number of posts.
>
> Isn't it amazing what selective editing can do?
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "forty-nine" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is
>>> glitching 40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP has
>>> the same rate of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office
>>> glitches they want to start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no
>>> two instances anymore). This is ridiculous but much less of a problem
>>> since the minimum waged butts in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India
>>> (the cheapest outsourcing of support possible--i.e. the American way)
>>> haven't a clue how to fix Office of Vista or how to speak English.
>>>
>>> This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still
>>> the same:
>>>
>>> Win XP WGA Glitches
>>>
>>> http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25
>>>
>>> Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142
>>>
>>> "According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems
>>> with WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums during
>>> that period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows. That's not
>>> just our opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by the
>>> Redmond-approved Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."
>>>
>>> CH
>>
>>
>> And the population sampled ?
>>
>> Quote " With the help of a researcher, I went through a sample of 137 "
>>
>

I posted the links straight up 49 fanboy. And you pulled the 58 number out
of the place where your hands are usually stuck.

In one week in August they had several million screwups by their own
admission on their team blog because they couldn't keep their servers
straight. I don't know which dark orifice you pulled your ridiculous fan
boy suck up figures.

CH

"forty-nine" <> wrote in message
news:...
> It wouldn't have been sensational enough to post "WGA has 58 issues posted
> during 2 week period out of 60,000,000 users"
> The Geraldo Rivera school of journalism has a recent graduating class.
>
> "Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> CH is off base a bit - as usual.
>>
>> 42% of 137 people who reported problems - both Windows XP and Vista -
>> "maybe" had genuine Windows software. How many hundreds of millions had
>> no problems, indicated by the lack of this number of posts.
>>
>> Isn't it amazing what selective editing can do?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>>
>>
>> "forty-nine" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> One year after MSFT tucked Vista and Office into escrow, WGA is
>>>> glitching 40% of legitimate customers of Vista and Office 2007. XP
>>>> has the same rate of issues with WGA. If customers call them for Office
>>>> glitches they want to start the 90 day clock on Office "support" (no
>>>> two instances anymore). This is ridiculous but much less of a problem
>>>> since the minimum waged butts in seats at Convergys of Ohio in India
>>>> (the cheapest outsourcing of support possible--i.e. the American way)
>>>> haven't a clue how to fix Office of Vista or how to speak English.
>>>>
>>>> This article was written over a year ago, but the glitch rate is still
>>>> the same:
>>>>
>>>> Win XP WGA Glitches
>>>>
>>>> http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/...=442&SiteID=25
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft admits WGA failures "coming up more commonly now"
>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142
>>>>
>>>> "According to our analysis, 42% of the people who experienced problems
>>>> with WGA and reported those problems to Microsoft's public forums
>>>> during that period were actually running Genuine Microsoft Windows.
>>>> That's not just our opinion, either. Those statistics were reported by
>>>> the Redmond-approved Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic utility."
>>>>
>>>> CH
>>>
>>>
>>> And the population sampled ?
>>>
>>> Quote " With the help of a researcher, I went through a sample of 137 "
>>>
>>
>

"Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote:

> I posted the links straight up 49 fanboy. And you pulled the 58 number
> out of the place where your hands are usually stuck.
>
> In one week in August they had several million screwups by their own
> admission on their team blog because they couldn't keep their servers
> straight. I don't know which dark orifice you pulled your ridiculous fan
> boy suck up figures.
>
He learned statistics at the MacDonald's School of Culinary Arts.

Cheers.

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