____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 24 October 2007 16:36 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:33:57 +0100
> <1387728.orOSsBqKNs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 23 October 2007 21:08 : \____
>>
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer
>>> <spam@xxxxxxx>
>>> wrote
>>> on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:26:27 +0100
>>> <4gu1v4-0gm.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx spake thusly:
>>>>
>>>>> <Quote>
>>>>> After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I've finally had it
>>>>> confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA -- something as small as
>>>>> swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a
>>>>> total Vista deactivation.
>>>>> </Quote>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://apcmag.com/vista_activation/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .----
>>>> | The only problem? I had never changed my disk controller at any
>>>> | point. Apparently because I had upgraded the Intel Matrix Storage
>>>> | Manager application, this was reported as a major hardware change
>>>> | event.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> Spot the obvious flaw in WGA...
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, so just updating /drivers/ triggers deactivation.
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to the Windows Genuine Advantage®
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is indeed a genine advantage -- for Microsoft. I wish
>>> I could say it was an advantage for the actual customer,
>>> but never mind that, we're only tiny little cogs in the
>>> Mighty Microsoft Marketing Machine, right?
>>>
>>> (And some people may wonder why I'm cynical.)
>>
>> There is at least one class-action lawsuit on its way.
>> It's abuse of consumer rights.
>>
>
> I wish I could say that's good news...but hopefully at
> least there will be some justice served -- rather cold
> justice, to be sure, as it's been sitting in the freezer
> for more than a decade; presumably, the abuses started
> sometime at, or even before, Win95's release, which was
> more than a decade ago -- and then there's the Republican
> Congress of 1994-2005 and the Republican Presidency
> of 2001-present, both of which are a bit OT for this
> particular newsgroup but might be a factor in the zeal (or
> lack thereof) of pursuit of consumer rights in this area.
>
> We'll see. I'm also not sure how much of this was settled
> by
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/consumersettlements/default.mspx
>
> though since we're discussing Vista we might be looking at
> a fresh new round of litigation anyway. Let's hope it's
> a bit quicker than the last one.
I'm beginning to wonder if this Windows kill switch is not just a piracy
mechanism. It could be a coverup for Microsoft's agreement with the government
that terrorists' PCs should be possible to disable (or worse -- taking a
country's system down nation-wide, in case of war).
--
~~ Best of wishes
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