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A Different Kind of WGA 'Problem'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the foolproof-just-found-a-better-fool dept.

Ed Bott recently attempted to scout out the problems reported in so many horror stories floating around the net relating to Microsoft's WGA. He did experience problems, however, not the ones that you might expect. He intentionally installed a pirated copy of Windows XP to see how the process worked but was unable to get WGA to recognize his computer as pirated. From the article: "I'm reluctantly running a pirated version of Windows and can't get caught no matter how hard I try. But these same people want us to believe that the WGA software they've developed is nearly foolproof. They claim that all but "a fraction of a percent" of those 60 million people who've been denied access to Microsoft updates and downloads are guilty, guilty, guilty. Right."

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  1. A solution to your problem by TheOtherChimeraTwin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm reluctantly running a pirated version of Windows and can't get caught no matter how hard I try.

    Here you go!

  2. Post the key! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, I just want to confirm the article. Really.

  3. Re:Funny that... by click2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    apt-get install WGA

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  4. Re:I am having this same problem... by FuturePastNow · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're just calling the wrong people: http://www.sco.com/

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