To be honest, I'm a supporter of hardware checks. As long as they don't slow down my computing experience, I couldn't care less.
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To be honest, I'm a supporter of hardware checks. As long as they don't slow down my computing experience, I couldn't care less.
I don't mind when they're not intrusive either, but I've had problems with Windows verification, I chose the option a few times to see what it was like while it was optional, sometimes it worked, other times it has point blank refused, just getting stuck along the way. All my XP copies are genuine OEM copies that came with the machine, so there shouldn't be a problem.
John
IMO, I wouldn't trust all what this site says. I'd wait until a more reliable source confirms what MS scans, or just read it from MS's websiteQuote:
Originally Posted by UmneyDurak
BTW FreedonX
supposedly - you won't need to enter the CD key anymore manually
http://news.com.com/Piracy-check+man...3-5804045.html
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As part of that, Microsoft is adding a few more freebies to the "carrots" it gives to those whose Windows copies pass muster. Lazar said that Microsoft has also refined its online tool that checks for genuine copies such that customers won't have to enter their Windows product code, as was sometimes the case while the Windows Genuine program was in testing
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Originally Posted by I4one
Went and downloaded MS antispyware and it didn't ask me to enter my cdkey. :cool:
To me, the benefits of Windows Update far outweigh the hassles I've endured so far. I don't think I've encountered this new Piracy check yet, but if it is anything like product activation, I would think it would be a breeze.
Honestly, piracy is bad and I don't understand why anyone would want to pirate their Operating System when it is such a critical part of the foundation of your system. It is just not worth the trouble, I would think. If there is one thing I want working the right way, it would be the OS, cause everything else depends on it. I still have a choice to install or not to install components, and given that, I'm still a big Windows Update supporter.
LOL, even when I am not around my name is uttered!Quote:
Originally Posted by PCJ
So I guess a tree will make a sound if it falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it :P
We thought you were that spammer that got murdered in Russia.
http://www.sharkyforums.com/showthread.php?t=271325
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Originally Posted by Freddy_Kruger
We???
Only person i see mentioning me is you :P
Discussing software piracy without you just isn't the same ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Colossus
John
LOL!
Well the forums dont really need me to flame bait the threads :) We all know what freddy's view on pirated software. His moto is "If its not pirated, its just not real software!" :P :P (remove "software" and insert "music" "mp3" "movies" "dvd" "etc" :P)
But I will try to come around to stir the pot up a bit, as I have some freetime now. I dont even feel like playing EQ2 and my hours logged in according to xfire will be shot now :(
"Moving back to NYC in Sept.
ALL FEMALES...... Bleep...... Damn wife divorced me :/"
ROFL.https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2006/01/2.gif
jk, :D
LOL and? My wife said it was either her or the computer... I know I made the right choice :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Freddy_Kruger
You did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colossus
If you have a computer and credit card you can mail order another wife.
Computers need constant attention, high maintenence.
Guess it depends on the woman. I never got to that point, but i have had to slim down the computer time when my wifes home. Which if fine for me, since I like sex too. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Colossus
Maybe if the computer was an escape and what I was doing on it was work related, then maybe i would pick the computer. And trade the wife for a younger model. :p
LOL stonez!
I wont talk about this 21 year old I have meet :P ANYWAY! What was this thread about?
Remember when Windows Update said "No information is being sent to Microsoft at this time"? Sending a CDkey is one thing, scanning my computer for files and retrieving information is a violation of my privacy. I'd like to know at what lengths this update goes to "curb piracy".
Hey -- on topic :)
I keep telling you Folks - but it falls on Deaf ears
so some of you don't care - well then, GET OUT! of this country ...plz :)
thank you
AFAIK you just have to change a setting in your IE (i think it is in tools-->internet options --> programs)
It sucks though, because i used windows update for driver downloads as well sometimes. Now i can't do that..
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Originally Posted by Mr Cherry
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Originally Posted by freedonX
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yeah, I saw that, FreedonX, that's why I said I'd like to know more. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by freedonX
C'mon folks - i can't believe the naiveté
Ifyou're waiting for MS or Intel to tell you - you'll be waiting a l-o-n-g l-o-n-g time
ask yourself this - how many years did it take you to find out about all the MS "hidden" files (Desktop.ini, Content.IE5, History.IE5, etc) - and to realize all those websites you've visited are being stored in the Registry withOUT your knowledge ?
Even when you clean out your history - it's REALLY still there - and ALL your Favorites are being encrypted (dismally) and stored in the REG.
All this since IE4 folks (Win9x)
so - What's the track record say to you ?
I haven't even yet mentioned all the newer DRM DMCA DEP HDCP --- ugh!
here ya go;
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...tfg,tfg,00.asp
We're talking about information sent to someone not information stored in your computer. The examples you mention about the register , they are in your computer, it's not information sent to MS. Ok, I agree you didn't know what was stored in your computer, but it ain't sent. There are two topics regarding privacy, but in this case what most people care about is what is sent.Quote:
Originally Posted by I4one
Beside, if any information is sent to them, they have to show their privacy statement, if for any reason they receive something that ain't shown in that statement, then they are breaking the law.
The pentium D is another matter.
Yes - well then - what you're talking about is very c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y dissecting thte Legal mumbo-jumbo the TOS, AUP, EULA contains...and then - how that language is "interpreted" - and by whom.
When was the last time you read the XP EULA - or ANY software for that matter. I don't have the time, nor the need to bring the jargon to my Attorney for deciphering. I go on Past behavior.
Sneaky and Sly in thePast
Sneakier and Slyer in the Future
The main point is they "could've" taken that Info, without your knowledge, and as a matter of Fact --> RealPlayer DID this for a little while there - but b/c you didn't realize that possibility exists, no harm no foul ?? What else could be possibly gained from NOT letting users known their files aren't REALLY being removed/deleted, and that their being "tracked/tagged" when moving about the web.
Ever hear of SuperCookies ? (just as one small example)
Until they give ANYONE a REAL GOOD reason to think otherwise...I choose to go on past experience, and past behavior -- and that CERTAINLY is NOT the direction they're moving in when you consider the other newest technologies
To each their own