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Old September 28th, 2006, 05:29 AM
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I haven't been following the WGA saga. Justa quick question: Does WGA tray need network access for Windows updates?

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Old September 28th, 2006, 06:39 AM
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WGA tray is not needed in any way at all. You can block it at the firewall level. Search this forum and google for WGA, you'll find lots of news about it.
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Quite a lot of info on it here

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/genuine/faq.mspx
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Old September 28th, 2006, 03:53 PM
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Thanks Guys!

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