From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"/m"  wrote in message
news:sa6382lc6tq7ed3kc6ro26kq5nrhd64lr1{at}4ax.com...
> On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:20:33 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>>news:447e3f93$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> I may load it when they have a non "pre release"
version .
>>>> Personally
>>>> I don't think they should use  "pre release"
software for a "critical"
>>>> update. I do wonder what they are communicating to MS.
>>>
>>> My WAG would be that it's checking for new pirate key signatures, but I
>>> have no idea what it really does.  I really, really, really, really,
>>> hate
>>> WGA...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Comer
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     * Windows product key
>>     * PC manufacturer
>>     * Operating System version
>>     * PID/SID
>>     * BIOS information (make, version, date)
>>     * BIOS MD5 Checksum
>>     * User locale (language setting for displaying Windows)
>>     * System locale (language version of the operating system)
>>     * Office product key (if validating Office)
>>     * Hard drive serial number
>>
>>others are reporting that WGA appears to connect with that info on every
>>startup. 
>>
>>http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=448083&SiteID=25
>>
>
>
> I previously noted here that the firewalls on my PC and notebooks have
> been blocking boot-up connection attempts to something like
> stats.update.microsoft.com (my original message on this topic has the
> exact URL).
>
> /m

Heaven help you if your firewall blocks the WGA outbound validation when it
installs ( Isn't the purpose of a firewall to block any unknown outgoing
connection? )

http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=445799&SiteID=25
I talked with my lead developer on this issue. Looking at the time-stamps
of the install log (WGAError.log) you gave us (Thanks so much by the way!)
- We're under the impression that the Firewall could have blocked outbound
network connections during install and validation (it validates when it
installs). Thus, causing an error and throwing the initial
"non-genuine" message.

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