[HairOfTheDog]

Why should they send updates to people that didn't pay for the product?

I didn't have a bit of trouble with it. :~D

[cripplecreek]

I've been getting alerts from Zonealarm but I've been turning it down because I don't want to deal with it.

[Michael Barnes]

MS is teh sux0r

WTF, might as well kick it off early.. ;-)

/suse user
//stalking
///stalking
////stalking

[mattdono]

I don't have any of these problems.

Oh, yeah, I use Linux...and a Mac.

Although I will admit that the Vista team at Microsoft has done an exceptional job a skinning OS X Tiger. The resemblence of the MSFT Sidebar feature to Tiger's widgets is really quite remarkable. It's almost as if the Vista team bought a copy of Tiger a year and a half ago and spent time with a some kick-ass vector graphics programs (probably Illustrator...on a Mac) to produce all of that those Sidebar gadgets.

It's weird, stories like this just remind me of how much Microsoft completely believes their hype. If they would actually focus their resources and talents on building non-bloated, secure, and tight stuff, it would be amazing what they could produce. But, um, I'm not going to hold my breath.

[Palladin]

This whole thing stinks.

I hate Microsoft!

[rawhide]

How does a MS user know if this WGA tool was downloaded onto their pc during a windows update, inadvertently? What is there to look for that would indicate it is installed on your system? Thanks.

[ShadowAce]

[CedarDave]

O.K.
I just turned on my computer and was notified that I had eitht or nine critical updates PLUS the new WGA. I checked "Install" on all but WGA.

Does anyone know what the consequences of NOT installing the updated WGA are?

[Echo Talon]

The uproar over Microsoft’s new Windows Genuine Advantage authentication software, which is now being pushed onto Windows users’ machines via Windows Update, is one of those occasions.

WAHHH! go buy the operating system and quit stealing it, MS has been nice and allowed you to "borrow" it for so long.