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I'm reading this thread for two reasons.1. After downloading today's MS updates, my computer totally crashed and I had to do an IBM Restore for 20 minutes back to April. Some kind of registry error...
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He said what he wanted from you, there's no need to ask additional questions. If you don't want to give out the contact information, just say "I do not want to give you (the customer that keeps me in...
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There's no customer data to look at. People should enter their product key and that should be it.You then don't post the product key on a website. There's not a whole lot of data you need to get on...
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Bernie How did your client's IT depart. fix the problem? Because of this WGA problem and a couple of other issues I have with MS, I have the install disk for Linux Mandrake setting beside my...
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Jasee,Ask of the the MS guys on this forum what wga does at startup and why.
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Dan at IT Associates wrote:Just about every major software publisher has implemented automatic online update checking. MS is no different.Even by your apparently loose standards of hyperbole, this is...
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Sandy, I do *NOT* want to be counted by Microsoft. I never agreed to have Microsoft watch over me while I conducted my own business. I never agreed to share my CPU cycles with Microsoft so that they...
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RoadRage100, it's quite obvious that they are blatantly lying in their FAQ about it being used for demographics "to understand regional difference"! It's implausible that they require hard disk serial...
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Sandy Weil MSFT wrote:Bernie, I can help you find a contact in the UK if you describe the problem you are having.Sandy,Thanks, but no longer needed, though I appreciatte your offer. After 4 days of...
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Microsoft is probably just trying to understand if their attempts to keep people from abusing their software are working so... they collect data to see if the %'s of illegal systems goes down.
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Bernie, I can help you find a contact in the UK if you describe the problem you are having.
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...and I disable/uninstall any software that does this.Also, Microsoft OPENLY admits that it collects data about it's users. That *IS* the definition of spyware.
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Bernie220578 wrote: Dan at IT Associates wrote:Yes, I was trying to be polite and you are very correct if you interpreted what I wrote as "if you don't like it, don't use it" because that is pretty...
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Bernie220578 wrote: Dan at IT Associates wrote:Yes, I was trying to be polite and you are very correct if you interpreted what I wrote as "if you don't like it, don't use it" because that is pretty...
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CWB wrote:You wrote"If you make a special trip to visit Windows/Microsoft updates, the installation of XP will be validated before updates (critical or routine) are dispensed. If the installation of...
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CWB,My supposition is that periodically MS will push out later versions of WGA that have incorporated fixes for many of the glitches being reported here. After all, it is a Beta product.And if you...
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SimpleSimon,Just about every major software publisher has implemented automatic online update checking. MS is no different.Even by your apparently loose standards of hyperbole, this is not "spyware."
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You wrote"If you make a special trip to visit Windows/Microsoft updates, the installation of XP will be validated before updates (critical or routine) are dispensed. If the installation of XP does not...
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FYI...WGA will "phone home" and validate your Windows EVERY time you boot (watch your network traffic during boot). It may also "phone home" randomly while you are online.This is SPYWARE at it's worst....
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Dan at IT Associates wrote:Yes, I was trying to be polite and you are very correct if you interpreted what I wrote as "if you don't like it, don't use it" because that is pretty much it. MS...
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Sandy Weil wrote:With regards to your concerns over data mining, I would like highlight the work we did with a leading German privacy firm – TUViT. Microsoft has commissioned TÜViT, an independent...
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Thanks for the response Sandy. But Enron commissioned the world-renowned and respected independent auditing firm Arthur Anderson to certify their books. Basically, this means very little to me. You...
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Thanks, I'm not sure what incentive you have to post here, but I've marked your post as useful and answer for what's it's worth... Dan at IT Associates wrote:[...]As far as the wisdom of installing...
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With regards to your concerns over data mining, I would like highlight the work we did with a leading German privacy firm – TUViT. Microsoft has commissioned TÜViT, an independent German security...
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First let me state that I am not a MS employee. I am a MS stockholder, and I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. My statements posted here are my own and in no way anything "official" from MS....
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But you are confirming that, if we live in one of those locations, the only way to opt out of WGA's data mining is to opt out of all Windows Updates, critical or routine (and "nice-to-have" Windows...
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Adam,Regardless of whether an installation of XP is validated or not, if Automatic Updates is turned on, XP will receive updates that MS deems as critical security-related updates.In certain locations...
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Thank you for your reply, it's appreciated. It seems a little imprudent to turn off the Update Alerts and not do Windows Updates with the endless security holes being uncovered, no? I am concerned...
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Adam,As the system is currently implemented, your installation of XP is validated when you manually visit Windows/Microsoft Updates or attempt to download certain content from Microsoft Downloads....
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Hi, being fed up with being data mined, I've bumped up the security on my PC and even turned off all cookies on my browser. A few web sites don't like it, no big loss. I'm glad I have some...
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