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echo: nthelp
to: Geo.
from: Mike N.
date: 2007-01-02 07:00:26
subject: Re: Orwellian Company of the Year award goes to ....

From: Mike N. 

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 23:18:28 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't WGA check with Microsoft every couple
>weeks or so? What good is WGA if blocking it from MS will stop a compromised
>key from being deactivated?

   WGA used to post an info packet to MS with every reboot/max of once per
day.  They backed off this, and now rely on the monthly Windows update to
phone home and try to invalidate your license key.

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