[CS-FSLUG] "Windows Genuine Advantage Notification" via autoupdate?
Tim Young
Tim.Young at LightSys.org
Sun Apr 1 08:01:16 CDT 2007
There are two ways you would get "rejected." If someone stole your
license number, or if you have installed that license on a lot of
computers. In either case, Microsoft does have a number to call to
straighten it out. While I have never needed to call that number
myself, the people I know who have called it have not had too difficult
a time working through it. I guess the assumption is that, if you go
through with calling them, you probably had a legal license. They will
have you read the license number off, ask you where you got the license,
and such. Not too much trouble.
For myself, I have no problems recommending that you install it.
They do have a pretty well documented list of things that they check
for. I read it once and it was pretty straight-forward. It was
something like seven bench-marks from your system. Kind-of like a
hardware thumb-print. They allow certain percentages to change before
they decide you have installed the OS on a different computer. And they
allow you to install it on multiple computers before you are
"rejected." I have successfully transferred a copy of XP from a desktop
to a laptop, and then to a second laptop (the first computer turned into
my firewall, the first laptop died.) All of that without getting a
single rejection. However they handle it, they have enough grace in the
matter to allow some slack.
- Tim Young
John Mark Clayton wrote:
> I'm considering letting autoupdate install it. So, if I get this
> right. The chances that I'll get a false positive is pretty small.
> If I do get a false positive, then all I have to do is call MS?
> I'm still not sure I like the idea of it sending "who knows what" back
> to MS. It doesn't matter to me right now because I really don't use
> it. But someday that may change.
> Thanks again,
> Mark
>
> Nathan, Thanks for the tip for suppressing the notice.
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