Magrath
29th August 2007, 08:13 AM
Windows Genuine Advantage positively false
By Stan Beer
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Microsoft's anti-piracy spyware Windows Genuine Advantage has been shown for what it is - a dangerously flawed system which treats customers with disrespect.
WGA has never been of any advantage to users and now that it has malfunctioned and returned a massive number of false positives customers have every right to demand that Microsoft end this insulting sham immediately.
There are no doubt a lot of Windows XP users incorrectly tagged as software pirates who are feeling thankful right now that they didn't succumb to the temptation of "upgrading" to Vista. At least they didn't have functionality and features stripped from their system.
Read on (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14178/1023/)
By Stan Beer
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Microsoft's anti-piracy spyware Windows Genuine Advantage has been shown for what it is - a dangerously flawed system which treats customers with disrespect.
WGA has never been of any advantage to users and now that it has malfunctioned and returned a massive number of false positives customers have every right to demand that Microsoft end this insulting sham immediately.
There are no doubt a lot of Windows XP users incorrectly tagged as software pirates who are feeling thankful right now that they didn't succumb to the temptation of "upgrading" to Vista. At least they didn't have functionality and features stripped from their system.
Read on (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14178/1023/)