Windows Advantage

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Dolphy said:
Hi All,

Anyone know of an effective way to bypass Windows Advantage?

Rgds
Dolphy
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If you are referring to the way Microsoft validates your Windows OS
before allowing you to download patches and software, there is a
foolproof method that always works. Buy a legal copy of Windows!
 
bIGGy said:
If you are referring to the way Microsoft validates your Windows OS
before allowing you to download patches and software, there is a
foolproof method that always works. Buy a legal copy of Windows!
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always works.........lol. If you visit some windows groups you will find
that this is not the case. MS is pissing off more and more legitimate
customers with these validation tools etc. They are causing loads of
problems for people with legit copies of windows. As usual MS is
displaying the one true american value........ greed.
 
Newfdog said:
always works.........lol. If you visit some windows groups you will find
that this is not the case. MS is pissing off more and more legitimate
customers with these validation tools etc. They are causing loads of
problems for people with legit copies of windows. As usual MS is
displaying the one true american value........ greed.
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Not so. The *two* true American business values are
greed and arrogance.

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Newfdog said:
MS is pissing off more and more legitimate customers with these validation
tools etc. They are causing loads of problems for people with legit copies
of windows.
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As with all urban legends everybody knows sombody who knows somebody who's
cousin's brother has this problem. Yet nobody has texperimented this problem
himself :-)
 
As with all urban legends everybody knows sombody who knows somebody who's
cousin's brother has this problem. Yet nobody has texperimented this problem
himself :-)
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Well, I have a legit copy of XP and it doesn't work. But you might not
believe me ;)


younggod
 
younggod said:
Well, I have a legit copy of XP and it doesn't work. But you might not
believe me ;)
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Why should I? This is after all a newsgroup. Record the process as a video
and publish it for all too see. i can provide space in my site. Of course
you won't do that, 'cause it's hard to fake such a thing.
 
Hansen said:
As with all urban legends everybody knows sombody who knows somebody who's
cousin's brother has this problem. Yet nobody has texperimented this problem
himself :-)
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As with all sweeping generalizations, their progenitors hope to nullify
valid discussion.

I'll grant the probability that most of the people experiencing XP
validation problems are those with black market copies. But it's just
plain ignorant to assert that it hasn't occured to people with
legitimate licenses.

-Craig
 
Craig said:
I'll grant the probability that most of the people experiencing XP
validation problems are those with black market copies. But it's just
plain ignorant to assert that it hasn't occured to people with legitimate
licenses.
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Well, I'll be the first one to admit that there may be cases. But they are a
very insignificant minory who can solve it's problem with a simple no-cost
phone call or a fax wit the serial number of the product.

I administer a lan with 1289 XP computers with all possible hardware
configurations and on of them had this "problem". Nor any of my co-workers
at home had any problems. But some of them told me that they know X who
knows Y that knows Z that has this poblem. Then when you meet tX they look
at you "what are you talking about"... As wit all urban legends there is a
bit of true but VEEEERRRRRRYYYYYY magnified.
 
Hansen said:
Well, I'll be the first one to admit that there may be cases.
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It is not "may be." Rather, there /are/ cases.
But they are a very insignificant minory who can solve it's
problem...
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Only insignificant to those who have not experienced it.

-Craig
 
Why should I? This is after all a newsgroup. Record the process as a video
and publish it for all too see. i can provide space in my site. Of course
you won't do that, 'cause it's hard to fake such a thing.
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Well, okay, I'll download the damn validator thingie again and give it
a whirl. Do you have any free recording app?


younggod
 
Well, I'll be the first one to admit that there may be cases.
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Ah, I see.
But they are a
very insignificant minory who can solve it's problem with a simple no-cost
phone call or a fax wit the serial number of the product.

I administer a lan with 1289 XP computers with all possible hardware
configurations and on of them had this "problem". Nor any of my co-workers
at home had any problems. But some of them told me that they know X who
knows Y that knows Z that has this poblem. Then when you meet tX they look
at you "what are you talking about"... As wit all urban legends there is a
bit of true but VEEEERRRRRRYYYYYY magnified.
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younggod
 
If you are referring to the way Microsoft validates your Windows OS
before allowing you to download patches and software, there is a
foolproof method that always works. Buy a legal copy of Windows!
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But that still doesn't *bypass* WGA.
 
As with all urban legends everybody knows sombody who knows somebody
who's cousin's brother has this problem. Yet nobody has texperimented
this problem himself :-)
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And you, as usual, are full of crap. If that's true, why was a link to a
Windows forum explaining a fix to this problem posted here just a few
weeks ago?
 
Only appears to check for critical Windows updates and
Firefox-related updates. It does not allow one to download or
update apps that must pass WGA.
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It checks for at least some drivers and non-critical updates. It
offered me a couple of updates to my printer drivers last month, and a
few non-critical Windows updates this year.
 
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