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Microsoft piracy check comes calling
April 24, 2006
A blogger has offered a workaround for Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, giving users another way to temporarily disable the antipiracy tool.
The Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications tool is designed to inform users whether their copy of Windows is a pirated version. Microsoft acknowledged that the workaround works, but only temporarily. Once a person visits the Windows Genuine Advantage site or receives an automatic update, the notifications tool will be restored. For some, the temporary workaround may not be better than the one Microsoft offers, which calls for right-clicking on the alerts when they appear. Microsoft said the tool cannot be uninstalled.
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Even though I do have genuine Windows XP on my PC I don't like the idea of this tool. I won't let Windows Update install this tool or anything else other than critical updates.
BMR777
http://www.rusnakweb.com
I will not be buying Vista and I seriously hope Linux Desktop is more viable by that time.
Uncle Bush is watching.
check to see if they have pirated software. Add this move to the
"pilot" legislation in Oklahoma that literally allows them to
browse a systems entire disk drive array and you have a
seriously intrusive push going on here from Redmond.
Again.
"Control the flow of information and you control what people
think." - me circa 1967. Bill Gates and crew seem really intent
on doing exactly that.
Just another reason to diversify software, OS and
communications and to keep mega-corporations out of the
legislative link.
Lee Darrow, C.H.
Chicago, IL
If they're going to do it, they should do it, not say that they're going to do it and then change their minds.
With that said I don't know if that matter or not, but I think it's wrong what Microsoft is doing. I am getting the idea that it's better to do without than to live with crap like this. I already know Vista's not in my future, but Microsoft keeps this up and I may just learn to live with Linux or a Mac. The interesting thing is that I have had two people I know are running genuine copies of Windows XP get told they are running pirated copies. They got it sorted out after calling Microsoft, but I'm sure they aren't the only ones.
I don't want to be a "hate Microsoft" guy, but all of this antipiracy/DRM crap is starting to grind on my nerves.
Looks to me like the Redmond campus, is waiting in the wings for intel's trusted core control serial ID'd chips to be made mandatory fitment, and then slam the door on all users!
Just think of how many times, you can then legally resell the same piece of software to the sucker, and then multiply it by 10 squared!, the corporate accountants must be salivating at that prospect!
After all the d/ls were done, I got the Genuine Advantage problem when trying to install the Defender Beta2. So, I called MS up to redo my key (I tried removing the key and then putting in the legit key from the new Windows XP Pro CD that I purchased). Seems you can't remove old illegal info and correct with new. Tech support (I recognized a foreign-accent) told me to type in a website at MS newsgroups for help. OMG!
So, if you are a pirate, you better fess up, back up your files and buy a legit Windows XP Pro and wipe that drive! Because you can't fix what you stole in the first place!
(From different OEM flavors of XP, to Pro versions, Home versions, Service Packs, and Corporate versions...no wonder MS is so screwed up.)
Workaround: don't buy MS products or don't steal.
What is this? It's enough that The United States Government spies on us every second. Now, when we blow a load of cash for a faulty operating system, we have to prove we paid for it over and over. What other product do you have in your house that you have to whip out your receipt for it every second? Bill Gates' power has truly gone to his head. It's time he get it together and start acting like a human being instead of a tyrant.
I or any other programmer can easily make a simple application to automate the deletion of the files mentioned by the blogger and intercept their execution!!
A better solution is needed ;-)
Thanks!