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> jessedorland@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Here is the fun part.. For next three or four days Microsoft user will
>> not be able to use their "bought" copy of Windows Vista/Xpee. I am not
>> making this up!!! Some features like 3d Arrow are disable, and even
>> destroyed --- in some case software/apps are uninstalled!!! You asked
>> why? Becaues WGA go some sort of bug, and Microsoft workers don't know
>> how to fixed it!!!
>>
>> Thank G-D I am using Linux... Compiling kernel doesn't sound like a
>> bad think now does it?
>
>
> Bless you sir!!
> I couldn't have said it better.
> Sys admins and IT managers must persuade all reluctant staff
> to move to Desktop Linux to stop these kinds of problems damaging their
> businesses all the time.
It is a very serious issue, whether the servers are down or not.
ATM using un-activated Windows
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| Ok, so lets be realistic for a moment here, first off, is 'Hackers Best
| Friend" MS Windows really the optimal choice for an operating system that
| spits out cash?
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http://www.itdrive.com/articles/177/1/ATM-using-un-activated-Windows/Page1.html
ATM with Pirated Windows [with photos]
,----[ Quote ]
| In Russian you can sometimes meet pirated copy of Windows even
| on ATM. It warns that this copy of Windows need activation and
| the work of ATM gets interrupted.
`----
http://englishrussia.com/?p=981#more-981
The approach and design is a mistake. Like security models, which Windows
failed to embrace, a worst case scenario and streetsmarts are completely
ignored here.
It is made possible owing to greed, fuelled by sense of total control. From
yesterday:
Yet Another Reason for Linux (YARL)
,----[ Quote ]
| Got all that? So how does it feel to be treated continuously like you're
| scum? You never notice until the system breaks, in this case quite
| spectacularly. This is what monopolies can get away with. Microsoft, back
| before it completed a total lock on the U.S desktop OS market, would have
| never gotten away with this, and Microsoft knew it. But now that there's
| nothing and nobody of real consequence to stand in their way, they've put in
| place WGA to make sure you've paid for everything, regardless of your
| receipts that show you paid good money for either the OS or the system it
| came pre-installed on. Microsoft's WGA is worse than guilty until proven
| innocent. With Microsoft, you're always guilty until you ditch their OS and
| their business model.
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http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2007/08/another-reason-for-linux.html
>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars
>
post/20070825-windows-genuine-advantage-suffers-worldwide-outage-problems-galore.html
>>
>>
>> Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage, problems galore
>> (updated)
>>
>> By Ken Fisher | Published: August 25, 2007 - 05:44PM CT
>>
>> Late last night we started receiving reports from readers experiencing
>> problems with Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Users of both
>> Windows XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that they could not
>> validate their installations using WGA, and one user even said that
>> his installation was invalidated by the service.
>>
>> We contacted our sources at Microsoft, who told us off the record that
>> the company is aware of a major WGA server outage affecting users
>> across the globe. The Windows Genuine Advantage support forum has
>> exploded with complaints, as a result, and Phil Liu, WGA project
>> manager, says that he won't sleep until the problem is fixed. Windows
>> Vista and XP are affected, 32- and 64-bit versions.
>>
>> Microsoft is telling users who are affected that they should "try
>> again" later, with some support techs telling readers that Microsoft
>> is aiming to have a fix in place by Tuesday, August 28. That would
>> mean the outage will last more than three days, given that it started
>> last night (and may have started earlier; we're hearing reports of
>> some users running into this earlier in the week, on limited bases).
>>
>> Reader Aaron Woolf tells us he was unable to validate patches for
>> installation on a developer's copy of Vista pulled from MSDN. He
>> writes, "My legitimate MSDN-acquired Vista Ultimate, which has been
>> running, activate
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