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I have automatic updates turned off on my work computer so I don't have to deal with Windows Genuine Advantage. Whenever I check updates, it nags the heck out of me to install WGA. Also, although I uncheck the WGA download and tell the Windows update site not to show it to me anymore, they put it back in as a "new" update every time I check. Also, they have the "Express install" recommended and checked, which installs all the updates without showing you the individual updates. I'd be surprised if many people that own XP and update have been able to keep WGA off their systems. It's like being nagged by a nutty girlfriend you broke up with six months ago.

I downloaded IE7, as the screwed up computer they gave me at work locks up with Firefox, but when I tried to install it, it told me it wouldn't install unless I installed WGA, so I cancelled the installation. It gave me the usual Microsoft FUD that WGA was a critical component to the proper operation of my computer and may God have mercy on my soul if I passed up on this critical and essential upgrade to my computer, and that they didn't really want to play with me and were going to pick up their dolly and dishes and go home if I didn't install WGA.

I continued to click cancel until they gave up. Maybe IE7 is good, but it's not worth it to me to install WGA.