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You didn't read the commentary. You, the vendor, has just
been called a counterfeiter and pirate by one of your paying
customers just because WGA told him that the copy of Windows
you sold him is not genuine.
And you've missed the fact that it has not happened and appears that it
will not happen. We've got a lot of seats installed and not one has
shown as a false positive. We don't purchase licenses from questionable
sources.
How much is it going to cost you
to recover your good name and hiring an attorney to counter-sue
someone who is totally pissed off at you and has a bona fide
WGA report in hand.
It won't cost me anything, and it won't take more than 1 hour to resolve
if that long. The clients all have copies of the orders, direct orders
from vendors, as we don't sell any products, only brain power. Since the
customers order directly from resellers, since we only use quality
resellers, since we check the resellers frequently, we have no concern
that the installed software will show false hits.
It really doesn't matter, does it now,
how much research you did or bought for resale from impeccable
wholesalers. And, the more WGA checks, even the same sample,
there will always be the statistical probability of turning
up an erroneous report. Come down off your cross and think
about the feelings of the equally honest and sincere people
on the other side.
Actually, I did think about it the way that you suggest, I was actually
concerned for my customers that qualified for the Action Pack or that
have Volume Licenses, but, after testing before installing, nothing was
hit as a false positive. In fact, with all of the IT groups we work
with, all of the residential users we know, family, friends, we've not
seen a single false positive - and yes, we've seen installs flagged as
Pirated and after research the were indeed pirated installs.
If you're honest the customers already know that and will accept your
explanation of why WGAn indicated a false positive, if they don't trust
you then you need to get out before you get screwed by some other issue.