From: "Randy" 

Just imagine this happening on thousands of corporate desktops one day....

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:4325e1e2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> So far due to the MS brain-dead WU 'Real Windows' authentication scheme
> I've had two friends ( already a bit paranoid about Windows Update ) that
> will probably avoid the site like the plague from now on
>
> Both PCs, 2 laptops, are /were running legal and registered versions of
> XP. One an IBM A21M was upgraded to XP years ago. The other ( Vaio )came
> with XP pre-installed 1 1/2 years ago. The people were in a panic this
> morning when they received a message
>
> "This copy of Windows must be activated
> with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows now?
> Yes/No."
>
> Nice way to fight piracy Microsoft - NOT!!!!!
>
> There should be a mechanism for checking for legal versions that doesn't
> send computer phobic people into panic. The current scheme doesn't help
> getting those people to return to WU for critical patches either
>
> FWIW once they called the 800 number they were able to follow the
> pre-recorded instructions and now have 'activated' computers again
>
>
> Looks like Mike Miller was correct
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