"Windows Genuine Advantage" Question

[LOOP]

What's so terrible about downloading the update called "WGA"?

[dbarrow]

Uh... the fact that it has rejected almost 30% of valid XP installs and caused users to have to get down on one knee and beg MS to validate them?

[Tortanick]

The fact it regularly phones MicrosoftHQ giving them who knows what information?

[Duplicate User]

And keeps popping up reminding you that "this copy is possibly pirated" blah blah.[sometimes even if it isn't]
And you can't uninstall it. :(

[alidabiri]

besides, according to definitions of spyware, wga IS a spyware. no matter what the intentions, it transmits information from your machine to another site without your knowledge.

[jcampi]

I've had no issue with this on several computers thus far. How do you spell paranoia? :-)

[Guest117]

All Microsoft updates phone home at the very least to inform them about whether the installation was successful or not.:madgrin:
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[Duplicate User]

I've had no issue with this on several computers thus far. How do you spell paranoia? :-)

Well I don't think it can be classed as paranoia when it has been widely reported as troublesome.

[jcampi]

You classify it as you want to and I'll classify it to my liking. There does seem to be a lot of paranoia these days. All of the 'Big Brother' stuff and spying on us is vastly over stated in my opinion.

[kern]

You classify it as you want to and I'll classify it to my liking. There does seem to be a lot of paranoia these days. All of the 'Big Brother' stuff and spying on us is vastly over stated in my opinion.

I don't like the idea of any program calling home without my knowledge either, but if ya want M$ products, that the name of their game....

[mylanta]

I agree big deal about nothing. No one is perfect, we all make mistakes (except for our President)....MS needs the information to better develop the product and I seriously doubt they need or want what I have.