[ShadowAce]

[Izzy Dunne]

Again Microsoft shows their complete lack of understanding about multi-user environments.I apologize sincerely upon the WGA team

All your DATA.DAT are belong to us.

[Izzy Dunne]

Again Microsoft shows their complete lack of understanding about multi-user environments.

I apologize sincerely upon the WGA team

All your DATA.DAT are belong to us.

[js1138]

Just a question. What are people with limited rights doing installing system or software updates?

[P-40]

it works perfectly fine as long as you are using an account with administrative rights on the system.

So just give everyone administrative rights and the problem goes away! :)

[Petronski]

"It does not make sense to have to reduce security in order to validate the system..."

It does in Redmond.   LOL

[Paleo Conservative]

Bill Gates can't be feeling too guilty for being the world's riches man.

Bill Gates wishes he wasn't so rich
cnn ^ | 5-4-6

Posted on 05/04/2006 12:40:32 PM CDT by LouAvul

[zeugma]

Everytime I think MS can't get more idiotic, I'm proven wrong.

Various patches already exists to byepass the WGA check that validates your copy of Windows XP with Windows Update.

Checkout this article on how to manually disable the WGA Check too..

[The_Reader_David]

Okay, this is being inflicted on the Windows using world for one and only one reason: MS's proprietary business model refuses to come to terms with the fact that software is information, more akin to a mathematical theorem than to a machine.

When they start making money by providing service, rather than defending objectively indefensible proprietary 'rights', this kind of crap from MS will cease, until then, try to use as little MS code as feasible.

[antiRepublicrat]

The problem with the WGA installation is that it works perfectly fine as long as you are using an account with administrative rights on the system.

This is exactly the Microsoft mindset: everybody runs as admin. It is the major reason their security sucks.