Genuie Adavantage > Second Time> Why?

[Guest]

Two days ago MS notified of Genuine Advantage update for my PC. A month ago I
downloaded Gen Adv & my Win XP is legal. Lastr month Gen Adv resulted in
suffering & wasted time setting changes to my internet dialer that had to be
reset. Why am I getting another Gen Adv update?

This user has now turned off MS update notice. But MS put a red shield with
X on my task bar & a balloon appears on startup warning to take the update.
How do I get rid of the red shield & balloon message without taking worthless
MS updates?

MS is wasting my value time & costing me $. This PC is stickly business use.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Update to the WGA Notifications program introduces changes based on customer feedback:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/jun06/06-27WGA.mspx

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Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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| Two days ago MS notified of Genuine Advantage update for my PC. A month ago I
| downloaded Gen Adv & my Win XP is legal. Lastr month Gen Adv resulted in
| suffering & wasted time setting changes to my internet dialer that had to be
| reset. Why am I getting another Gen Adv update?
|
| This user has now turned off MS update notice. But MS put a red shield with
| X on my task bar & a balloon appears on startup warning to take the update.
| How do I get rid of the red shield & balloon message without taking worthless
| MS updates?
|
| MS is wasting my value time & costing me $. This PC is stickly business use.
| --
| MJSOI

 

[Randy]

Two days ago MS notified of Genuine Advantage update for my PC. A month
ago I
downloaded Gen Adv & my Win XP is legal. Lastr month Gen Adv resulted in
suffering & wasted time setting changes to my internet dialer that had to
be
reset. Why am I getting another Gen Adv update?

This user has now turned off MS update notice. But MS put a red shield
with
X on my task bar & a balloon appears on startup warning to take the
update.
How do I get rid of the red shield & balloon message without taking
worthless
MS updates?

MS is wasting my value time & costing me $. This PC is stickly business
use.

If you continue to want updates then just install it. It only takes a minute
so I can't see how its costing you so much money.

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

Two days ago MS notified of Genuine Advantage update for my
PC. A month ago I downloaded Gen Adv & my Win XP is legal.
Lastr month Gen Adv resulted in suffering & wasted time
setting changes to my internet dialer that had to be reset.
Why am I getting another Gen Adv update?

This user has now turned off MS update notice. But MS put a
red shield with X on my task bar & a balloon appears on
startup warning to take the update. How do I get rid of the
red shield & balloon message without taking worthless MS
updates?

MS is wasting my value time & costing me $. This PC is
stickly business use. --
MJSOI

Go to Control Panel and double click Security Center.
In the left hand column of Security Center, click on "Change
the way Security Center alerts me".
In the Alert Settings dialog, remove the check mark from the
box next to "Automatic Updates".
Click OK.
Close the Security Center.
This should stop the red shield from popping up.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[kurttrail]

Two days ago MS notified of Genuine Advantage update for my PC. A
month ago I downloaded Gen Adv & my Win XP is legal. Lastr month Gen
Adv resulted in suffering & wasted time setting changes to my
internet dialer that had to be reset. Why am I getting another Gen
Adv update?

This user has now turned off MS update notice. But MS put a red
shield with X on my task bar & a balloon appears on startup warning
to take the update. How do I get rid of the red shield & balloon
message without taking worthless MS updates?

MS is wasting my value time & costing me $. This PC is stickly
business use.

http://comsense.microscum.com/wscauoff.html

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Guest]

User ALREADY Turned Off automatic update notification from MSFT as indicated
in original message post. As stated prior: Now MSFT still bugs me to turn
update notice back on. Red shield with X on task bar & panel popup on PC
startup is desired to be eliminated.

Other replies indicated that they don't understand how Gen Adv is wasting my
time & costing me $. The first Gen Adv update changed my internet dialer
settings & effected IE6 settings. That took over an hour to reset. My only
use of this PC is business. Any time spent on curing MSFT update screwups
cost me $. User does not trust MSFT updates. Until I am told what is better
about the latest Gen Adv update, I cannot risk instal. The bottomline for
MSFT has always been, amoung many others, expecting users to find & report
sloppy software bugs by wasting user time to perform MSFT quality control for
them.

 

[kurttrail]

User ALREADY Turned Off automatic update notification from MSFT as
indicated in original message post. As stated prior: Now MSFT still
bugs me to turn update notice back on. Red shield with X on task bar
& panel popup on PC startup is desired to be eliminated.

Yes, but did you turn off the Security Center's notification of Auto
Update being turned off?

Use Steps 1, 2, 5, & 6 on http://comsense.microscum.com/wscauoff.html

Other replies indicated that they don't understand how Gen Adv is
wasting my time & costing me $.

Of course. People don't understand that you didn't purchase an OS to
waste your valuable time, but to make your computing more efficient.

The first Gen Adv update changed my
internet dialer settings & effected IE6 settings. That took over an
hour to reset. My only use of this PC is business. Any time spent on
curing MSFT update screwups cost me $. User does not trust MSFT
updates. Until I am told what is better about the latest Gen Adv
update, I cannot risk instal. The bottomline for MSFT has always
been, amoung many others, expecting users to find & report sloppy
software bugs by wasting user time to perform MSFT quality control
for them.

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[NoStop]

Yes, but did you turn off the Security Center's notification of Auto
Update being turned off?

Use Steps 1, 2, 5, & 6 on http://comsense.microscum.com/wscauoff.html


Of course. People don't understand that you didn't purchase an OS to
waste your valuable time, but to make your computing more efficient.

Of course people don't purchase an o/s with the idea that it will waste
their valuable time. This toy operating system from MickeyMouse comes
BUNDLED on most computers. The end-user has little choice in the matter. If
you want a Dell, Toshiba, Compaq or HP computer for example, you get this
toy operating system. No choice here. Part of the Windoze eXPerience is
wasting ones time. You waste your time everytime you need to defrag your
hard drive. You waste your time everytime you need to reboot to install an
update. You waste your time everytime you need to search out the latest
condom to protect this insecure o/s from crapware and malware. You waste
your time everytime it insists on calling home to check on whether its
legal or not. You waste your time everytime it needs to scan for viruses.
And you certainly waste your time when it finds one and you have to figure
out how to remove one. In short, this toy operating system is a waste of
time.

Even if you happen to be a smart computer user who after purchasing a new
computer decides to replace this toy operating system with a real operating
system (GNU/Linux), MickeyMouse leaves you with one final waste of time -
having to remove it before you can install a different o/s. Thankfully,
this last stab at time wasting is the last wasted time the smart computer
user will have to experience.



--
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

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[Doug]

Reply at bottom.

Of course people don't purchase an o/s with the idea that it
will waste
their valuable time. This toy operating system from
MickeyMouse comes
BUNDLED on most computers. The end-user has little choice in
the matter. If
you want a Dell, Toshiba, Compaq or HP computer for example,
you get this
toy operating system. No choice here. Part of the Windoze
eXPerience is
wasting ones time. You waste your time everytime you need to
defrag your
hard drive. You waste your time everytime you need to reboot
to install an
update. You waste your time everytime you need to search out
the latest
condom to protect this insecure o/s from crapware and malware.
You waste
your time everytime it insists on calling home to check on
whether its
legal or not. You waste your time everytime it needs to scan
for viruses.
And you certainly waste your time when it finds one and you
have to figure
out how to remove one. In short, this toy operating system is
a waste of
time.

Even if you happen to be a smart computer user who after
purchasing a new
computer decides to replace this toy operating system with a
real operating
system (GNU/Linux), MickeyMouse leaves you with one final
waste of time -
having to remove it before you can install a different o/s.
Thankfully,
this last stab at time wasting is the last wasted time the
smart computer
user will have to experience.



--
The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...

View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/

Busy little poster aren't you?
How will you know if and when people switch to Linux?

Doug W.

 

[Randy]

Doug,

NOSTOP is just your typical branwashed linux troll just ignor him everyone
else does.

 

[NoStop]

Doug,

NOSTOP is just your typical branwashed linux troll just ignor him everyone
else does.

Bran is good for you. It keeps your bowels regular. And you were saying? Or
should I say ... tried to say?


--
The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...

View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/

 

[rockwell]

Of course people don't purchase an o/s with the idea that it will waste
their valuable time. This toy operating system from MickeyMouse comes
BUNDLED on most computers. The end-user has little choice in the matter. If
you want a Dell, Toshiba, Compaq or HP computer for example, you get this
toy operating system. No choice here.

Actually, I recently bought a Dell poweredge server from Dell with no OS
on it and I had the choice. Once it was delivered, I installed Fedora
Core 5 on it. Doing so was not difficult or a problem, but they
certainly don't offer or suggest that you purchase hardware without an
installed OS. I had to call up Dell and ask if I could purchase the
machine without an OS before I even knew I had the choice.

Part of the Windoze eXPerience is