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So, I was running Windows Update and got this: Quote:
The Windows Genuine Advantage Notification tool notifies you if your copy of Windows is not genuine. If your system is found to be a non-genuine, the tool will help you obtain a licensed copy of Windows.
Yeah, like if I was running a ripped-off copy of windows I wouldn't know it... 
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that is why you should control what updates you download. I only download the ones that I want to
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basicly its microsofts way of getting there money
unless you bought the copy of windows yourself or got it straigh from a dell or a big company
there is a chance that you running a pirated version of windows
sometime when you buy a computer off ebay or from a garage sale or a small place that assembles computers thell try to save money by using one copy of windows xp for x amount of computers and basicly the owners wouldn't have a clue that there copy of windows wasn't authentic
so microshaft came out with advantege crap basicly the point is
if you have an authentic version of xp it shouldn't bother you
you get all your updates every things good
but if your a pirate or you bought a computer from one of those places that install one licensed copy of xp on multiple computers it wont let you update and eventully unless you some how find a way to apply the updates with out automatic update your screwed if a big threat for windows xp machines come out
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and there will be a file you can download inabout 13 minutes so you can by pass all that.
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I just turned off automatic updates. It told me about the new update and what it did but there was no way in hell I was gonna do that.
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I run the updates manually and I'm not worried about having a pirated version cause it'd be Dell's problem, not mine.  I just think it's kinda dumb - like somebodey with a pirated version is actually gonna downlaod that [censored]. Any if they did, they're too stupid to be using a computer anyway... 
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Originally posted by Tisby:
I run the updates manually and I'm not worried about having a pirated version cause it'd be Dell's problem, not mine. I just think it's kinda dumb - like somebodey with a pirated version is actually gonna downlaod that [censored]. Any if they did, they're too stupid to be using a computer anyway...
The point of the matter is that a lot of people using pirated versions of software don't even know that they are. The point, as with most anti-piracy measures, is to punish those that are honest (or at least think they are) rather than those that actually are doing it on purpose because, like you said, they'll bypass the thing.
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Originally posted by Tisby:
So, I was running Windows Update and got this:
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The Windows Genuine Advantage Notification tool notifies you if your copy of Windows is not genuine. If your system is found to be a non-genuine, the tool will help you obtain a licensed copy of Windows.
Yeah, like if I was running a ripped-off copy of windows I wouldn't know it...
i got the exact same thing. I dont like the stupid star icon taking up a spot in my toolbar, so what can i do to get rid of it, short of buying another copy of windows?
can i uninstall the update?
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Originally posted by elraido:
and there will be a file you can download inabout 13 minutes so you can by pass all that.
?????
Just for information purposes the file that you would replace to get rid of the notifications is in the C:\windows folder.
LegitCheckControl.dll is the name of the file, and the version number would have to match a legit (in the eyes of Microsoft) copy.
If you try to stop the WGAmotify process it'll just keep popping right up.
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Originally posted by EVO IV+IV = 12:
Originally posted by elraido:
and there will be a file you can download inabout 13 minutes so you can by pass all that.
?????
Just for information purposes the file that you would replace to get rid of the notifications is in the C:\windows folder.
LegitCheckControl.dll is the name of the file, and the version number would have to match a legit (in the eyes of Microsoft) copy.
If you try to stop the WGAmotify process it'll just keep popping right up.
so can i just delete that file?
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