From: /m 


Good satire contains always an element of truth therein.

 /m


On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:25:50 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>Well I'm sure Microsoft made sure that no user intervention will be required
>when the wga/mga portion of Vista phones home.
>
>
>"/m"  wrote in message
>news:a9oj92tjulmkl6m90lhgbhhf2lvptahsvd{at}4ax.com...
>> 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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