From: "Robert G Lewis" 

I'm not sure that it would.  How could they show that the person who
clicked okay on it was the person that owned the original contract . Or
even that that person was legally competent to enter into  the new
agreement.

Not giving additional updates would be one thing, turning off the PC would
be a different ball game imho. Personally I'd say MS would be shooting
itself in the head if they did.

I don't see any  company (or government) allowing that much control to an
outside vendor unless ALL the details are spelled out in the initial
contract.

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:44a28ea4{at}w3.nls.net...
> Wouldn't a EULA from a windows update patch set aside your initial
> license?
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:44a28c46{at}w3.nls.net...
>>I don't see MS trying a kill switch with XP. At least not across the
>>board. Too much potential for lawsuits. I'd wonder if criminal charges
>>might not apply even.
>>
>> Nothing in the license ( that I'm aware of) from when I bought XP. so if
>> they killed it I'd look at it the same as I would a Hacker killing my PC.
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:44a272d6{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Any excuse for their 'kill switch'
>>>
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84
>>>
>>> Guess what? WGA might be on the verge of getting even messier. In fact,
>>> one report claims WGA is about to become a Windows "kill
switch" - and
>>> when I asked Microsoft for an on-the-record response, they refused to
>>> deny it.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mike N."  wrote in message
>>> news:n6s4a2tckt2busejrr8e7vj2fcatdboi5n{at}4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
http://news.com.com/Putting+privacy+first+at+Microsoft/2008-1029_3-6088719
.html?tag=nefd.lede
>>>>
>>>> "It's important to go back to the fundamental goal of
Windows Genuine
>>>> Advantage and the risk of pirated software. A lot of people believe
>>>> that it
>>>> might be about the revenue, but in actual fact, it is about the
>>>> security
>>>> and privacy of the users. Some research that we've done
finds that the
>>>> incidence of malware (malicious software) is a lot higher on pirated
>>>> software, so we really are trying to make sure that users
really have
>>>> the
>>>> opportunity to protect themselves."
>>>>
>>>>    Is he saying that using a pirated key causes Windows to be
>>>> vulnerable
>>>> to spyware and adware infections?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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