Fakers beware: no more MS updates for you

[Amailer]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/26/ms_updates_wga_launch/

Quote:

The company also says it will replace pirated software with genuine versions - free of charge to customers who submit piracy reports and proof of purchase, and for £61 or £92 for XP Home or Professional editions respectively for customers who submit piracy reports but don't have proofs of purchase. ®

Hehe who here has a pirated windows?

Also, they said they will still provide secruity updates....what other updates does M$ provide?

[Dan]

hehehe............i have an intresting copy of xp. But they have yet to figure me out and updates where working fine the last time i checked. I will try when i get home and see if they cought up with me or not.

[wtd]

Trust Microsoft incompetence to keep the half-assed updates rolling, even for pirated copies.

[md]

Oh the joys of free legit keys to all MS software! I can't wait until they send me my beta copy of longhorn (I'm never going to call it vista... ever), it should be here early next month

[Notoroge]

Oh joy to buying legal Microsoft software. Honestly, if you can't afford to buy Windows, or you can't deal with their pricing scheme, why use them?

[person]

Quote:

Oh joy to buying legal Microsoft software. Honestly, if you can't afford to buy Windows, or you can't deal with their pricing scheme, why use them?

so very true...but the thing is, M$ has the most user friendly OS out there (at least for me) if ur not gonna go into anything too complicated

since most ppl in the general market arnt all that well oriented with computers, M$ is just gonna be their choice

also...

this is just gonna boost their sales of Longhorn/Vista

[[Gandalf]]

Damn, so I was right? I look forward to seeing what happens...

[Dan]

person wrote:

M$ has the most user friendly OS out there (at least for me) if ur not gonna go into anything too complicated

unture, i have seen serveral distros of linux that are more easy to use then windows and are better at seting up and configuring the hardware then windows.

[[Gandalf]]

The thing is, people are more used to Windows than any Linux distro, so it's easier for them

Cornflake wrote:

I'm never going to call it vista... ever

Same .

*edit* look at my amazing post count

[person]

lol....awesome post count

anyways... how many ppl think its gonna screw them over? and how many off us think its gonna help them? and how many ppl think its not gonna do sh*t??

[Notoroge]

person wrote:

since most ppl in the general market arnt all that well oriented with computers, M$ is just gonna be their choice

Eh, no sympathy for the devil.

[wtd]

Hacker Dan wrote:

person wrote:

M$ has the most user friendly OS out there (at least for me) if ur not gonna go into anything too complicated

unture, i have seen serveral distros of linux that are more easy to use then windows and are better at seting up and configuring the hardware then windows.

Wow. No spelling errors. Dan must be pretty sure of this.

And for good reason. The only place Windows has any "edge" over Linux is with really cheap, crappy third party peripherals. You're better off not buying these anyway.

[person]

actully....5

[wtd]

person wrote:

actully....5

Close enough.

[Notoroge]

Eh, rofl.

• Open Internet Explorer
• Go to 'Tools' -- 'Manage Add-ons...'
• Select 'Addons that have been used by Internet Explorer' from the drop-down box in the new window
• Look for 'Windows Genuine Advantage' in the list-box
• Hit the 'Disable' radio button
• Restart browser
• Happy Updating

Update: Ignore all warning messages that pop-up. It doesn't matter. Just update. It'll work.