Is anyone at all suprised by this?
1 posted on
06/07/2006 7:44:25 PM PDT by
zeugma
To: N3WBI3; ShadowAce
Ping. You might be interested in this.
2 posted on
06/07/2006 7:46:20 PM PDT by
zeugma
(I reject your reality and substitute my own in its place.)
To: zeugma
the company sometimes discovers that a copy of Windows that it thought was legitimate is actually pirated.
And vice-versa I've noticed.
3 posted on
06/07/2006 7:50:21 PM PDT by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: zeugma
Might also look into Microsoft (or is it INTEL) BITS technology.
Supposed to 'sense' when you are not using your Internet connection, and using that opportunity to 'automatically' call home and download / install things without you knowing it.
There is no 'off' switch, unless you manually disable the service.
Sony already uses it to 'pre-load' games that is sells and distributes online.
4 posted on
06/07/2006 7:53:01 PM PDT by
FreedomNeocon
(Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
To: zeugma
To: zeugma
Is anyone at all suprised by this? Of course Apple sues and put all clone makers out of buiness. Is there some point being made here about Microsoft's right not to provide online updates to users of stolen software?
9 posted on
06/07/2006 8:04:31 PM PDT by
js1138
(Well I say there are some things we don't want to know! Important things!")
To: zeugma
11 posted on
06/07/2006 8:08:39 PM PDT by
dennisw
(We should return to calling them Muhammadans -- Worshippers of Muhammad and maybe Allah)
To: zeugma
To: zeugma
So thats why my Zone Alarm pops up with this thing every darn day.
Well, all my MS progs are legit, but they coulda just checked once and stoped at that.
18 posted on
06/07/2006 9:35:21 PM PDT by
Khurkris
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19 posted on
06/08/2006 5:22:28 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: zeugma
The company said the undisclosed daily check is a safety measure designed to allow the tool, called Windows Genuine Advantage, to quickly shut down in case of a malfunction. For example, if the company suddenly started seeing a rash of reports that Windows copies were pirated, it might want to shut down the program to make sure it wasn't delivering false results.Did the spokesman just think this one up while he was at the podium or what? Talk about lame. Since the tool supposedly doesn't do anything to interfere with Windows operation if it thinks the copy is pirate, why would it need an emergency shutdown? I smell manure.
21 posted on
06/08/2006 7:43:09 AM PDT by
Still Thinking
(Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
To: zeugma
22 posted on
06/08/2006 8:30:02 AM PDT by
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