Will WGA have a Kill Switch? Yes, in the Fall

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

Alias

Usted es una tuerca!

¿Por qué? ¿Apenas porque no puedes agarrar la realidad de qué se está
encendiendo?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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| Usted es una tuerca!
|

"Alias" <> schrieb:

> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../06-27WGA.mspx

| Q: Will a consumer who accepted WGA Notifications during the pilot
| now be re-offered this new version?
|
| A: Customers who have already installed WGA Notifications will be
| offered the option to accept the updated package. *Participation*
| *remains completely optional*, and all users can continue to receive
| critical security updates.

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/Abo...displaylang=en

| While the program is presently opt-in, as it expands later in the year,
| it may become a requirement for users of AU.

Bye,
Freudi

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> Usted es una tuerca!
>

Charming. No need to get insulting.

Alias

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:

> Usted es una tuerca!
>

Ditch the Spanish insult. But care to refute the posting by
David Berlind...point-by-point?

Naming someone a nut is not really customer friendly.

I think he has got a point here it all depends what Microsoft is up to with
WGA?

As a licenced customer 2 xp pro legal I am not to happy either about ET
phoning home all the time.

What is rather strange to is that a customer who has a pirated copy can buy
windows cheaper than someone without any windows: looks like crime pays off
after all?

Further on I think MS software is doing what it has to do just some minor
bugs and discomforts are occuring.

Lets hope the new to come Vista will be slightly better: step by step we are
getting there.

Best regards,

Michel Denie

"Tom Willett" <> wrote in message
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> ¿Por qué? ¿Apenas porque no puedes agarrar la realidad de qué se está
> encendiendo?
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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Alias wrote:
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84
>
> Alias

Looks like MS is finally being sued over this!
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...sftsuit29.html

--
Mike Pawlak

MAP wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84
>>
>> Alias
>
> Looks like MS is finally being sued over this!
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...sftsuit29.html
>
> --
> Mike Pawlak
>
>

WPA and WGA are the worst PR moves that MS has ever made.

Alias

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:54:10 +0200, Alias
<aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.wga> wrote:

>MAP wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>> Looks like MS is finally being sued over this!
>> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...sftsuit29.html
>>
>> --
>> Mike Pawlak
>>
>>
>
>WPA and WGA are the worst PR moves that MS has ever made.
>
>Alias

Seen this,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921914

MSFT are backpedaling visibly on WGA especially WGA Notify, they have
supplied official removal instructions for people who "Inadvertantly
Installed WGA Notify tool".

Plus they are being sued in a similar action to that taken against
Sony for their DRM rootkit which MSFT roundly condemmed, then went on
to do exactly the same thing.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/89107/mi...ing-tools.html

Jonah