Why doesn't this surprise me!

Microsoft is about to pull off the biggest Technical back-lash in computer history. More than 50% of the people buy Windows for its ease and compatability. If people start getting problems with ligitimate windows and start getting notises from update about this WGA and then they get the kill switch and when they innocently call microsoft and ask what haened . and they reply by saying "go and buy another Copy, and everything will be fine" i'm sure more than a few redneck will be out with their hillbilly cars shooting at nerds(because their wives/sisters or at best 1st cousins. cant surf the WorldwideMessenger(MSNMESSENGER and YAHOO!MESSENGER)

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Actually that and learning Linux isn't a bad idea!

Anything you want Mike right here


Fedora supports AMD64

Thanks Ryan - everything all in one place.

Mike.

Gotta luv that one!

lawsuit against Microsoft

Those conniving, back-stabbing sons a bitches! I downloaded that update and when I read through this thread, I decided to go and uninstall the update. Guess what? IT IS THE ONLY UPDATE YOU CANNOT UNINSTALL. Outrageous! If this isn't true, than why can't I uninstall the very update in question? :x :x

Wuz, It may be better to just inform people to use firewalls different from the MS brand, that will detect and successfully block the attempts of this MS spyware implant, than to have them install Beta software affecting the OP/SYS not knowing the full after effects of its installation.

Just in case theres an OP/SYS this is applied to on the brink of failure and fails after installation at your suggestion.

Its not an impossibility.

You Think?

this coming from the most known thief on the boards...
*takes a bow*

What used to be illegal is now logically legal and for once us pirates are going to fight for you guys.

in principle, how is this any different from making people activate their copy online or over the phone? remember the big stink that WPA raised back in 2000/2001? Funny how it all just went away... perhaps it went away because WPA was cracked and the pirates got what they wanted; a free copy of windows.

now look, i'm probably the biggest pirate in here and i ain't saying that what M$ is doing is right... but let's be honest here. A very large percentage of machines worldwide are using pirated copies of XP. No one knows for sure how many, but if you took Asia and Russia into account, I'd say at least 25% of all machines (worldwide) are using pirated copies.

to put that in perspective, imagine if 25% of all the cars on the road were stolen directly from the dealership or factory? what measures do you think GM, Ford, and Toyota would take? I would be willing to bet they'd be far more intrusive than WGA.

i'm not saying i feel sorry for M$, i'm just saying that i think M$ is entitled to protect its software. if you don't like it, run linux or MacOS.

p.s., I don't recall this much hoopla over Steam, which is essentially the same thing.

As for your car reference Jesse, it's not quite the same...

What if you had a cloning machine and cloned your buddy's new car...


I understand that MS has some sales goals, and that the money goes to pay off the R&D and programming and stuff, but if you are running pirated Windows, it's not like you stole a physical thing from MS...

I had three PC's running for a while... If Windows wasn't crackable, I would have had one... It isn't like every single copy of Windows that was copied would have been purchased.


That all said, I don't blame MS for protecting it's investment, but again, it will harass the innocent and the guilty among us will find a way around it...


Oh, and for the record, I will be buying Windows for my next upgrade, all this BS is too much... But I will still always have extra computers to play with, but on my main rig, it's getting to be too much...

My Creative Zen Micro Photo had a firmware update, and it would only run on SP1 or better... My main PC wasn't SP1 yet, as my key was old and blocked... When some third party apps stop working because you aren't updated, that's when you have to start worrying...

ahh, an overzealous wuzy, thats so refreshing.

**Bring The Flames!** I have changed my mind. Good for Microsoft. You shouldn't be pirating in the first place, you brought it on yourself. It is your own damn fault. I love how you try and justify your illegal activities, LMFAO!