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Norm wrote:
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
You have to pass WPA first.
WPA: Windows Product Activation
WGA: Windows Genuine Advantage
The first is so you can use windows and what you're having a problem
with. The second is to revalidate your XP for downloads from Windows
Updates. IOW, you have to prove to MS that your copy is legit not once
but twice.
What makes you think you have a pirated copy of XP?
Alias
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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