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Well, if you have any intention of ever updating your Windows XP again, you will have to download and install Windows Genuine Advantage. It's mandatory for all future updates.
In fact, I just tried to update my brother's Dell laptop earlier. I'm the household geek and IT guy so it's my job to maintain these computers. Anyway, I've been avoiding downloading WGA but now, Microsoft says I have to update a "component" of Windows Update, promising me great new features. But click on "Details" and I see Windows Genuine Advantage. Wow, a bit misleading, huh? Not only that, it fails to tell you exactly how WGA works, nor why it's necessary. I'm telling you, like Microsoft-watch.com says, WGA is spyware. And you have to take it up the ass if you want to continue to patch Windows. Which you should.
Sucks to have to choose between the lesser of two evils, huh? A "secure" up-to-date Windows or give up your privacy and control.
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"AMD says 85 percent of PC users run six applications at once: antivirus, e-mail, firewall, spam protection, a pop-up blocker, and spyware protection." - PC World Magazine
Last edited by Secret Azn Man; 06-14-2006 at 05:05 PM.
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