Windows Genuine Advantage's newest setting: "you might be a pirate"

[Jorge]

Windows Genuine Advantage is an anti-piracy tool loathed by many, tolerated by some, and even appreciated by others. How you feel about it may depend in part on whether or not you've been caught in its snares: the "authentic software" validation tool is known to have falsely identified thousands of "pirated" Vista installs. (Digg and comment this)

More... (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070226-8922.html)

[testicles]

I had automatic update advise installing it yesterday.

My laptop, the machine that loaded the message, has a genuine install [of course] that came with the machine. It's my school machine though and I just don't trust microsoft.

[barrakuda]

hmmm, I think I have part of a volume copy, so I don't know what it would say mine was.

Who knows.

if so I might just be a pirate.

[mscheeky]

Good info, I don't have a sword so I don't think I'm a pirate but I won't install the WGA Notifications 1.7 KB905474 update.

[thepuzzler]

A stab in the dark here:

Testicles = Cheapprick?

[stephen_sterritt]

A stab in the dark here:

Testicles = Cheapprick?

im insulted! i have testicles and im not a cheap prick! im just a tightwad who wants to spend nothing for good services lol :icon_thum

[sonusahu]

A stab in the dark here:

Testicles = Cheapprick?

mortal !!!! how dare u call the deity as if?, please refer to him as the "great testicles":icon_salu :icon_salu .

btw WGA bad, am interested in debating any contrary statements in a p2p portal. where normally people seem to search for everything free.