__/ [ Jim ] on Sunday 18 June 2006 04:06 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> [IP] Another Windows Genuine Advantage screw up
>>
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>> | I was not amused to find out that the reason it had stopped monitoring
>> | was that at 3am Windows Update had loaded the Windows Genuine Advantage
>> | module, then rebooted the system after installing it, then refused to
>> | allow the system to start up until someone clicked on the box warning
>> | that the Dell supplied Windows Xp was not genuine.
>> |
>> | How long until some critical system is screwed up by this?
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http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200606/msg00121.html
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> It was just a matter of time.
See the following as well:
Microsoft draws fire for stealth test program
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| Millions of Windows users may unwittingly be test subjects for an
| unfinished Microsoft antipiracy tool.
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| The software maker has been delivering a prerelease version of
| Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications software to PCs as a "high
| priority" item in the built-in update feature in Windows. The tool,
| also known as WGA Notifications, is used to validate the authenticity
| of Windows software installed on a PC.
|
| The move is a first for the software maker. Microsoft normally asks
| people to join test programs before it initiates the download of any
| such trial software.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6083204.html?part=rss&tag=6083204&subj=news
So this test, which includes actual workstations that are *not* test
machines, could turn out to be devastating. The installation does not
require user intervention, either. As Mark Kent said, when the executive
panic, they are willing to make wild moves at the expense and to the risk of
their customers.
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