From: /m 

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

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