Humpty Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Bit late and may have been posted. Quote: MICROSOFT has dropped Big Brother-style plans to track down pirated copies of Windows XP, dumping elements of its Windows Genuine Advantage Notification after they ignited a firestorm of controversy. The stealth application, introduced with auto updates in Australia in April as part of a pilot scheme, "phoned home" every time the computer was booted to confirm that the operating system was genuine. If the software was pirated it triggered a series of irritating warnings. Now Microsoft has reacted to user anger by switching off the boot-up check. Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 First time I have seen it, Thanks Humpty. WGA notify was targeted to UK users as well. Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit - IE11 - Nod32 - Mbam pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Say NO to WGA , see here, http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tools_list.htm It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine. P. G. Wodehouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted July 13, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2006 True story.... A couple of days ago, my laptop started to lock up every now, and then during startup. I have tried almost everything... Well I decided to say NO to WGA and guess what. It doesn't lockup anymore, I figured it was the WGA, because it would hang with starting it. Yes, I have a legal copy of XP. This laptop is only 2 weeks old. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 A further report from the saga http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...p;taxonomyId=18 Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit - IE11 - Nod32 - Mbam pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Boot up check is gone? But does it still "phone home"? maybe at other time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobrakommander56 Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 hallelujah thank god. Insert random C4 joke here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 22, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 22, 2006 My views of it totally changed from not caring if it was installed to my new approach of killing it which I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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