Comments on: Windows XP WGA To Mimic That Of Windows Vista

By: mrwp819300

mrwp819300 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:59:54 +0000

Sorry, folks. Its back!!!

By: mrwp819300

mrwp819300 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:58:55 +0000

“garbanzo says:
August 27, 2008 at 7:05 am
as long as you run a Corporate Edition of XP, WGA is never an issue…”

What planet are you on??

By: wharen

wharen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:15:00 +0000

how to solve this one?

By: darkkosmos

darkkosmos — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:34:52 +0000

^.^ this is epic, most of the guys complaining used keygens and patches on XP (or precracked) and are posing as genuine buyers. Before you guys panic though check on your local warez site and you will find a new patch (for free)

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:51:09 +0000

Anyway it seems that it’s more XP Pro than Home users whome will be concerned by Microsoft’s kindness towards its customers.

By: Benony

Benony — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:24 +0000

I just manually install updates. So I unchecked WGA and asked them not to notify me again. And I also don’t install useless updates like outlook related.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:12 +0000

Only reason I still use XP is for gaming, maybe we could petition game companies to make games for linux instead? I’d gladly switch to linux if that was the case.

By: MK

MK — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:43:18 +0000

I never update. So no problem for me.

But I am thinking of getting the original XP soon, even though it’s way old. Yes Windows is crap and all that, but I did use it since I was a kid, and it has provide me with so much knowledge. It *deserves* my money.

Ubuntu is nice, but not until I got a stable Internet connection at home.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:21:41 +0000

Free OS alternatives are no private business, hence they are not inclined to promote themselves. Nevertheless, I think it would be nice if some sort of communication campaign was led by Ubuntu, Linux users in order to explain what these universes are, and that (if) they are accessible to non-techies, informing the general audience that Microsoft and Apple are no gods, and that it is not only possible but an advantage (if) to switch to their world. I am a plain Windows user, and starting to really wonder if I will not move on to the next step.

By: garbanzo

garbanzo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:05:02 +0000

as long as you run a Corporate Edition of XP, WGA is never an issue…

By: Melik Yuksel

Melik Yuksel — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:50:24 +0000

This is kind of like when companies are at war with their customers (or not, in the case of those with non-genuine copies of Windows).

Looks like Microsoft is using social engineering to annoy their consumers, instead of using it in a strategic way to actually increase their popularity with modern-day users.

Face it, Microsoft is the default candidate for those who don’t care as much about their computers as people like us. If they continue this sort of stuff, maybe the general public will open their eyes to their unintuitive ways.

By: ak

ak — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:04:56 +0000

This is funny.Same for me Rickxs,only i use Paragon.And if u know where to search a solution for this will appear soon.I guess the security engineers at m$,have to do something to earn their bread.

By: rickxs

rickxs — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:59:23 +0000

I always turn off auto updates ,if any probs i back up to one of 4 ghost images saved on another HD —
running again inside 6 mins

By: Dotan Cohen

Dotan Cohen — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:24:24 +0000

I switched from XP to Ubuntu two years ago, and am I glad! I now laugh at situations like this.

By: Doug Woodall

Doug Woodall — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:08:09 +0000

Funny you should mention Ubuntu Yogi,
As a Vista user, Im learning about how to use Ubuntu now.
Gonna switch soon.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:58:29 +0000

Welcome to Microsoft’s new success plan for Vista, make XP suck as bad as Vista does so there’s no reason no to upgrade.

By: Yogi

Yogi — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:55:34 +0000

So if I get a false positive I can’t use my computer? That sucks.

I guess that Ubuntu install is getting nearer!

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:06:54 +0000

Like a famous French journalist and ex casino addict put it, “You can try to cheat on your income taxes, but the profit ain’t worth the nightmares you endure”. Guess it’s the same thing with WGA, now on XP as well !

Hum, sweet dreams are worth more than a few hundred bucks, if they’re worth more than a few thousand ;)