From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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>> "Geo"  wrote in message
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>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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>>>> links to class action lawsuits and  repeatedly questioning
Phiul Liu as
>>>> to
>>>> his wga statement below seem to aid the ban process . Phil never
>>>> answered
>>>> what he meant by  "*designed*"
>>>>
>>>> "This update is classified as high priority because
it is *designed* to
>>> help
>>>> protect the computer against security threats and performance (thus
>>> fitting
>>>> the definition of a high-priority update)."
>>>
>>> I'd like to know why you need to protect a computer against performance?
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> When the wga trojan phones home and determines your serial number is no
>> longer in the *approved* category  it may eventually protect your
>> computer from performance - any performance at all.
>>
>>
>>
>
> That's the part that really bothers me. Key no longer 'approved', yet the
> person is probably legal, same as the possible key mismatches VUL vs OEM
> vs Mickey Mouse vs......  Or using the wrong cd to fix a problem causing a
> problem etc. Practices people have been doing for years with MS saying
> nothing about it ( that I'm aware of anyway) now causing problems. Gee you
> used someone else's CD to get a file , reformat and reinstall.
>

Yep - wga - Microsoft's software version of Russian Roulette - Are ya
feeling lucky today?

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