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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. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wtf

  2. foolproof-just-found-a-better-fool dept. by industrialvegan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just love the name of the department issuing this story, given the content/context of it. LOL!
    I'm going off to actually read the article from the link now.

  3. you fail It?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    any parting shot, brain. It is the and promotes our at this point about who can rant Whatever path is lto yet another simple solution

  4. What are you, a troll? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Beast - must - die.

    The rest of us are on board for the big win. What's your problem?

    Paycheck?

    Hate Freedom?

    Wasn't Saddam was a BIG fan of Bill Gates & Company?

    Uh Huh ....

    Look around. Where are you at?

    Do these faces look friendly to you?

  5. Free Software? by movses · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have heard that I can get several free games and apps at www.movsesmovsisyan.com is this true?

  6. Re:However what might be happening by in2mind · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    RTFA, he used a key from a serials site that was marked as 2 years old. MS is apparently not keeping up with its pirateed key list

    What are you talking? Because a person uses a 2 year old Xp pirate key,Microsoft wouldnt detect it as a pirated version?I really cant get your logic.

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    Wincopy