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Re: Installing SP2 without activating XP

Subject: Re: Installing SP2 without activating XP
From: Norm
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:52:44 -0500
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
How do you disable WGA??? I have a OEM copy of Home Edition that I
cannot activate because I believe it is a pirate copy. I have 2 days
left for activation. what happens after two days does the OS shut
down?? thanks for your help Norm

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:35:11 +0100, Alias
<aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote:

>Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote:
>> Alias
>> 
>> That would be auto-update critical updates.. if you take a pirated version 
>> (the Pro 'corporate') to the Windows Update site to manually retrieve 
>> updates, WGA will weed it out and not give access..
>
>Not true, sorry. All one need do is disable WGA and you're in like flint.
>
>> There are people who deliberately deceive by telephone activating OEM and 
>> retail versions on more than one computer at home and, most likely, they do 
>> get updates.. good for them, but I have no doubt that they would squawk like 
>> all hell if somebody was to illegally appropriate stuff of theirs..
>
>Don't misunderstand me; I am not condoning it. I am just clarifying what 
>can and cannot be done technically. The moral and ethical issue is a 
>different story.
>
>Alias
>
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