From: "Geo." 

"John Beckett"  wrote in message
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> I should read something before shooting my mouth off, but I thought I saw
> somewhere that Microsoft have documented that all Vista systems (including
> MSDN and VLP) will require periodic validation with MS servers via the
> Internet,

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6082334.html

"We are changing this feature to only check for a new settings file
every 14 days," Microsoft said in a statement on its Web site.
"Also, this feature will be disabled when WGA Notifications launches
worldwide later this year."

It didn't say what the changes would be later in the year when WGA
Notifications launched.

Geo.

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