Comments on: Cancelling WGA Installation sends a report to Microsoft

By: carol

carol — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:31:27 +0000

please cancell my genuine microsoft software. because my monitor is block

By: tom

tom — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:58:03 +0000

please cancell my genuine software urgently

By: David McClelland

David McClelland — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:46:49 +0000

Please cancell, not satisfied, Thank You, David

By: nisha

nisha — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:58:03 +0000

cancel the genuine microsoft software installation in my pc

By: nananan

nananan — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:34:02 +0000

The only way for this to stop or to try and stop Microsoft from doing this is to take Microsoft to court. In a way Microsoft is Slandering Legal users and Slandering is a Crime..

By: kalten

kalten — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:34:50 +0000

If you’re on Windows, don’t rely on being able to block access to any hosts in the microsoft.com domain using your hosts file. It’s been documented that Microsoft bypasses the hosts file for certain hosts. (Google for “hosts file”, “Microsoft”, and “bypass”.)

By: Devlin

Devlin — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:46:12 +0000

“Microsoft confirmed to the magazine that data is send but it would only be used to optimize the service.”

What would they be able to optomize by a user canceling the install? It was MS just giving the magazine a quick anwser hoping they wouldn’t prob deeper in to the reason for the transport of data.

I stopped using all Microsoft products including Windows after learning of their unethical behavior, spying on customers and treating them like the enemy. I am a computer consultant, so not only have they lost my business but all clients I deal with now and in the future!

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By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:08:28 +0000

Brian I agree that it is best to avoid WGA completely but this is not always possible. Inexperienced users do install it and I think they should know what is happening and how they can prevent certain “things” from happening.

Especially when it comes to privacy.

By: Brian Riley

Brian Riley — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:55:19 +0000

The best way to avoid the problem is to not allow it to download the update in the first place. Then it is just another update and not WGA.