From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Well I'm sure Microsoft made sure that no user intervention will be
required when the wga/mga portion of Vista phones home.


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> On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:10:52 -0400, "Gregg N"

> wrote:
>
>>Clicking on the shield as a non-admin should bring up a dialog with an
>>"enter admin password" prompt
>
>
> In Vista there would be a dialog asking you for permission to move the
> mouse cursor over to the shield area.  The another dialog asking you for
> permission to acknowledge the fact that you pushed a mouse button.  And
> yet another dialog asking you for permission to act upon the press of
> the mouse button.  And still another dialog asking you for permission to
> access the registry components to change the status of the shield.  And
> finally an information box telling you that you must restart the
> operating system for the changes to take place.
>
> However, Windows Genuine Disadvantage will be able to disable the shield
> without you even knowing it happened.
>
> It is all part of Microsoft's strategic plan to educate you about who
> really owns the PC.
>
> /m

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