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Has anybody downloaded 'genuine advantage' in an xp update and does it suck enough to avoid forever? I can't get any more windows updates unless I get that and it's preventing me from downloading media player and stuff until I get it. |
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i'm having that problem too but it's just keeping me from doing windows media player 11, not any of the updates |
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you can stop it from installing the wga update. when it says updates are available, goto the advanced option or whatever it is called, then i think you untick wga and it will say "this will never be installed" and you click ok. That was a rough guide, but you get the idea. If you already have it installed, you can get rid of it, I assume you know how to use a search engine... |
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I installed it. It's not as evil as people make it out to be. It only sends your ip address to MS and makes sure you have a legal version of xp. So if you do, I wouldn't worry about it. Trust me, you /need/ to get all the windows updates as soon as they come out. The security issues that are regularly patched are downright frightening. Lots of security problems that can give hackers total control of your computer if exploited. |
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Of course, if it's true that you can opt out and still get updates, do it. |
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hahahaha! |
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I just tried windows update again and it kind of tricked me into downloading genuine advantage tool kit (last time it had a declinable prompt mentioning what it was). All well, at least I got all the security updates. Now I'll just avoid media player so I don't have to validate my copy of windows. It's not worth the risk that it could fail to recognize it as genuine or something- which could result in endless nag prompts or inability to log in or who knows. I just don't want to reinstall everything. |
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Deviating slightly from the original topic, my uncle wanted me to give him a pirate copy of vista because his genuine oem version wouldn't properly accept his serial number. If this is the mentality of the average computer user, then it's no wonder windows is one of the most pirated pieces of software. |
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Tell your uncle to complain to whoever he got the OEM from (because they may have pirated it), and to MS (because WGA might be fucked up.) To me that's completely unacceptable. |
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hey wmw, i came across an app that makes your copy genuine with a few clicks. interested? it worked for me |
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I got the security updates which is what I wanted mostly. Thanks though. The only thing I'm being blocked from now is media player but I'll just find something else instead (for now I just use audacity). That computer has a license sticker on it and it came with xp already on it but no disc. So it probably is 'genuine' already; just don't want to hassle with whatever results in case it isn't. |
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Actually, reinstalling Windows will do nothing to the non-OS files that are already on your computer, unless you choose to do a full reformat. |
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get media player classic, it does all of the necessary video stuff |
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