Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

How to dump Windows' piracy 'spyware'
volesoft ^ | 27 April 2006

Posted on 04/27/2006 8:04:48 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing

Whew. Man, I may have to stop using Windows Update. It installs spyware!

(Excerpt) Read more at volesoft.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: spyware; wga; windows
Start using linux or buy a mac if you truely want freedom in this republic.
1 posted on 04/27/2006 8:04:50 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Ditto on the linux, or a full-body-condom for your windoze box.


2 posted on 04/27/2006 8:07:56 AM PDT by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: xcamel

heh.....

Well for those who wish to use windows and still retain their freedom it is possible, but it requires ownership of two independent computers.

Keep one of them completely disconnected from the internet, running windows. There's nearly zero chance of getting viruses or spyware(including MS's new spyware) and there's no need to go through the daily chore of updates. Just use the computer.

I'm a fan of windows in this configuration. It actually works pretty well.

The second machine be a mac, or linux based.

It's almost guaranteed you'll have little headaches if you follow this.


3 posted on 04/27/2006 8:11:48 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. Apple's own numbers are hard to argue with.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Windows offered to let me download a tool yesterday from Windows Update to help me determine if my copy of Windows was valid, and if it wasn't they would tell me where I could buy a new one. I was miffed and didn't download it.


4 posted on 04/27/2006 8:33:43 AM PDT by ahayes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Halfmanhalfamazing

This article is a joke, right? The "spyware" mentioned is a tool MS released to validate that one is using a legal copy of Windows. You don't even have to install it if you don't want to, and if you do choose to install it you only get "pop-ups" if you're using an illegally obtained copy of Windows.

This has nothing to do with Windows vs. Mac (which you can't buy without the OS installed) or Linux (which is given away freely). This is just someone running a pirated copy of Windows and complaining that a tool that he let be installed was reminding him that he's running a pirated copy of Windows.


5 posted on 04/27/2006 8:37:13 AM PDT by Turbopilot (Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Turbopilot
You don't even have to install it if you don't want to, and if you do choose to install it you only get "pop-ups" if you're using an illegally obtained copy of Windows.

Agreed. I installed figuring that if it cripples my Windows because IT thinks I have a pirated copy then I'll have grounds for a great lawsuit...since all my copies of Windows are fully licensed and paid for.

6 posted on 04/27/2006 10:46:01 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I can't complain...but sometimes I still do.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: xcamel

Make sure it's a latux (laTUX, not laTEX) condom. :)


7 posted on 04/28/2006 12:13:13 PM PDT by bigdcaldavis (Xandros : In a world without fences, who needs Gates?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson