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Windows Nag Windows to Counter Piracy

Vicegrip writes "Microsoft is enhancing its Genuine Advantage program in the US, Australia, UK, Malaysia and NZ to now include persistent nag screens to remind that your version of Windows is not licensed. These nag screens will keep appearing until you license your version of Windows or, presumably, convince Microsoft they've made a mistake."

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  1. First Nag! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ha!

  2. LOL WINBLOWS by Proctal+Relapse · · Score: -1, Troll

    LOL JEWS

  3. Just like a bunch of linux-fanatics by Chicken04GTO · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just like a bunch of linux-fanatics....to cry about intrusive software that can simply be removed through a couple of clicks. I suppose youd rather spend all night emerging to fix a simple problem.

  4. Re:obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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    Ever do the laundry and see a poop stain on her thong?

  5. Re:Easy to circumvent... by cc-rider-Texas · · Score: 0, Troll

    Look stupid, if you'll notice the timestamp of my original post, you'll notice I posted shortly after the story was posted, and if you'll read all the threads, you'll notice a lot of people posted exactly the same thing. If you had bothered to RTFA, you have seen that I copied and pasted what was in the article. The point I am trying to make is that you flamed me for no other reason than my sig, so again, fuck off.

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    If you give a liberal an enema, he'll turn transparent.
  6. Re:Planet Microsoft by LearnToSpell · · Score: 0, Troll

    Frankly speaking, it's going to take far far far less technical knowledge to turn on the outbound firewall than what it will take to download a Linux Distro and put it on CD. That's the long and short of it.

    So? It certainly doesn't take much technical knowledge to download Zone Alarm. It doesn't take much technical knowledge to grab Firefox. Lethargy rules in Windowsland. WTF does technical knowledge have to do with anything? We're talking about sensible defaults, which is what 90% of Windows users will run, and that isn't a particularly good one. I don't know anybody who thinks that outbound firewalls (or lackthereof) are going to make anybody switch. It's still a stupid idea. Sounds like you have some unresolved issues.