It’s baaaaack: WGA reappears on XP by design, Microsoft says.

Re: It’s baaaaack: WGA reappears on XP by design, Microsoft says.

This is going OT. We shouldn't go beyond WGA related. But, last one:

Pugmug, the body part is what i say is too much, as The Seer says, too philosophical, beyond all this..
About the free software bit:

I was answering this. A GNU/Linux OS, that carries only free software, once you have it, it is yours (when you talk about GNU, if you don't settle on using the concept of free software, ie the basics, we can't really discuss).

Freeware means it costs nothing, free software comes from freedom, not price. Freedom to do what you want with it, except make it proprietary (a copyleft license). Freeware is proprietary, if it's not, it's free software.

The link you gave means your reading, or i hope so, so my suggestion is to keep reading.

Freeware doesn't mean free software.

No, obviously it's not my site....

From your link:

 

Someone,aside from all else you only answered one question from my post.That being was this your site/avatar.The body part was to show that you controll/own nothing.Can you answer my other questions?

 

I Purchased a PC & it had an installed operating system. If you paid money for it you own it Period. This idea that you don't own the operating sysem is foolishness. If you really don't own the software which Microsoft sold you when your purchased the PC then why doesn't it expire at the end of the year like an antivirus program? This WGA is nothing more than a ruse to harass users of Microsoft XP who have less than legal installations. If your installation is legal? Most are in fact legal, then all this junk Microsoft is loading on our computers is the same as spyware & is in fact totally useless for any purpose. The only reason microsoft gets away with this is that they own the computer operating system world. If some linux dist tried WGA how many people would use that dist.

 

Re: It’s baaaaack: WGA reappears on XP by design, Microsoft says.

pugmug: what questions? And maybe PM me to keep this on topic..

 

I have an opinion about this, but I prefer to keep it private.

 

Re: It’s baaaaack: WGA reappears on XP by design, Microsoft says.

C'mon benny bronx, don't tease us here. You posted, so state your opinion on WGA, please. This is a security site, so confidence is understoood by default...

 

Why all this dancing around with this dumb WGA?, just don't install it.
Turn off automatic updates and download your updates manually from microsoft technet.
Pick out the critical updates and leave the rest, that's what i did for years, no trouble.

Lamehand

 

follow-up story:
XP anti-piracy tool set to reappear

Posted March 12th at 9:00 am |
Tags: Microsoft, piracy, security |
“Although users can tell Windows XP to ignore updates to Microsoft’s antipiracy technology, Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Notifications will be offered again the next time the component is upgraded, the company has revealed.”


link: XP anti-piracy tool set to reappear

 

LOL as soon as I read the first post I googled > wga packet capture
and was just reading that very same story

any application that phones home and provides substantial information regarding what else is loaded on a computer other than itself, and potentially a unique ID is of real privacy concern

 

Yep, that's it, spyware and people are seriously concidering installing this, it's beyond me that's for sure.

Lamehand

 

Re: It’s baaaaack: WGA reappears on XP by design, Microsoft says.

I do the same, but, for instance, this one (which to my mind should have been part of some tuesday security patch) I'd like to get and it's not available unless you allow WGA.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021/en/

 

Hello,
That's Windows Validation - not Notification. Two different things.
Mrk