Windows Genuine Advantage

[Guest]

Stuck in a loop after down loading WGA, and cnnot log into the admin account
as pc reboots automatically - any ideas on this problem?

 

[microluck]

Your copy is not licensed?



http://www.get-freetrial.us Free trial software download.

 

[Guest]

Licensed genuine XP Home (oem)

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

Post in WGA Tool MS Forums:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=125&SiteID=25

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| Stuck in a loop after down loading WGA, and cnnot log into the admin account
| as pc reboots automatically - any ideas on this problem?
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| max

 

[Alias]

Post in WGA Tool MS Forums:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=125&SiteID=25

When will they have a Usenet group? Are they too busy with WGA5 to set
one up? With this dodgy web-based group, you have to sign into Passport
to participate. Not everyone has a Hotmail account, and not everyone
wants one.

Alias

 

[Guest]

Noticed thread in genuine forum same/similar to mine - validator causes
reboot (performed rebuild on second HD) and now when try to validate windows
XP home system reboots

 

[kurttrail]

Your copy is not licensed?

Why would you ask that? WGA is known to be quite flawed and
error-prone.

Just read all the problems people are having with it, just in this one
newsgroup.

http://www.get-freetrial.us Free trial software download.

Trialware sucks.

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And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[kurttrail]

Post in WGA Tool MS Forums:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=125&SiteID=25

Yes, head off to your concentration camp, where you're branded as a
software pirate!

Have fun debugging Windows Genuine Disadvantage for Microsoft. You are
just another of their forced laborers.

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[Guest]

Why should I fear being branded as a pirate when I'm not! If you can't help
don't comment (and thats being polite)

 

[antioch]

Why should I fear being branded as a pirate when I'm not! If you can't
help
don't comment (and thats being polite)

So you have a complaint - then complain like fxxk in the forum group as
suggested by TaurArian, as many have done. Give MS hell.
Antioch

 

[kurttrail]

Why should I fear being branded as a pirate when I'm not!

Not according to MS's WGA. You are their pirate bitch.

If you
can't help don't comment (and thats being polite)

LOL! Who the hell do you think you are to tell me what to do,
MicroBitch.

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For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Guest]

I'm telling you to what to do, you're the typical extremist/cyber terrorist
who's opinions stink and are no help to anyone, you failed the test like so
may self opinionated fools out there. END

 

[kurttrail]

I'm telling you to what to do,

I don't listen to self-important fools that tell me anything.

you're the typical extremist/cyber
terrorist

For you to think I'm a "terrorist," that must mean you fear me, but why?
Are you afraid of the truth?

who's opinions stink and are no help to anyone,

LOL! I'm not the one that is being forced labor in debugging MS's
malware. You are. You want to accept being a MicroSlave, or do you
want to fight becoming one.

you failed
the test like so may self opinionated fools out there. END

What test?



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[Rhonda Lea Kirk]

I don't listen to self-important fools that tell me anything.


For you to think I'm a "terrorist," that must mean you fear me, but
why? Are you afraid of the truth?

<snipped>

Kurt, m'love,

When you're done watching this guy terrorizing himself, could I have a
moment of your attention, please?

WTF is going on?

I let Microsoft install that WGA (update?) this morning. Thereafter, the
firewall asked if I wished to give it access, (which, of course, meant
the installation stalled and I had to reboot but that's another story)
and I figured, "Well, might as well see what Microsoft has in store for
me this time."

Next thing I know, TCPView is telling me that this friggin' "WGATray"
has phoned home, and not only that, it wants to stay connected.

As I said, WTF?

The firewall and I have since had a short but effective chat, and WGA
will not be phoning home again, but if this ain't spyware, I don't know
what is.

rl
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Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff

 

[Leythos]

I let Microsoft install that WGA (update?) this morning. Thereafter, the
firewall asked if I wished to give it access, (which, of course, meant
the installation stalled and I had to reboot but that's another story)
and I figured, "Well, might as well see what Microsoft has in store for
me this time."

Next thing I know, TCPView is telling me that this friggin' "WGATray"
has phoned home, and not only that, it wants to stay connected.

As I said, WTF?

The firewall and I have since had a short but effective chat, and WGA
will not be phoning home again, but if this ain't spyware, I don't know
what is.

Just exactly what did you think WGA was going to do when you installed
it? It has to phone home to properly complete it's job. With all the
other things that contact MS, why do you care about WGA?

 

[Rhonda Lea Kirk]

Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:


Just exactly what did you think WGA was going to do when you installed
it? It has to phone home to properly complete it's job. With all the
other things that contact MS, why do you care about WGA?

How many times does it need to phone home, Leythos? Once would seem to
be enough, but it felt compelled to connect twice (before and after
reboot) and then it wanted to stay connected.

I don't think it needs to do that. So now it can't.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff

 

[Alias]

Just exactly what did you think WGA was going to do when you installed
it? It has to phone home to properly complete it's job.

And this job isn't to make XP and better or safer. It has no empirical
use or value for the end user. If all goes well, you've wasted five or
ten minutes at WU to, for the fourth time, prove you're not running a
pirated OS. If all doesn't go well, you could waste days and be forced
to run WGA diagnostic tools.

WGA is very bad for MS' PR. If and when they get over their monopolistic
attitude, maybe they can get around to doing some good PR instead
mistreating their customers by forcing them to stand in the crossfire of
their silly and ineffective cat and mouse games with crackers. WPA and
WGA do NOTHING to stop piracy. The cracks are out *minutes* after the
newest WGA version is out.

With all the
other things that contact MS, why do you care about WGA?

The other things that contact MS are integral parts of the OS. WGA is
not necessary to run the OS and that's why, of course!

Alias

 

[Alias]

How many times does it need to phone home, Leythos? Once would seem to
be enough, but it felt compelled to connect twice (before and after
reboot) and then it wanted to stay connected.

I don't think it needs to do that. So now it can't.

Have you had any ill effects from blocking it? Strange thing is it only
asks to connect on my English OS but not my Spanish ones. I guess they
haven't hired enough south American help desk drones yet or Hugo Chavez
won't let them.

Alias

 

[Rhonda Lea Kirk]

Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:

Have you had any ill effects from blocking it? Strange thing is it
only asks to connect on my English OS but not my Spanish ones. I
guess they haven't hired enough south American help desk drones yet
or Hugo Chavez won't let them.

Alias

<laughing>

None so far, Alias, but...well, I've downloaded the stupid thing three
or four times (everytime Microsoft has demanded it), and this is the
first time the firewall alerted me that it was trying to phone home.

If weird things start happening as a result of blocking it, you can be
sure I'll report back soonest.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff

 

[Leythos]

WGA is very bad for MS' PR. If and when they get over their monopolistic
attitude, maybe they can get around to doing some good PR instead
mistreating their customers by forcing them to stand in the crossfire of
their silly and ineffective cat and mouse games with crackers. WPA and
WGA do NOTHING to stop piracy. The cracks are out *minutes* after the
newest WGA version is out.

And yet windows continues to be the #1 installed platform on the market
and still appears to be selling quite well.

And, again, you've not provided any help for the OP.