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I don't know what difference it will make
People who love Windows will still love Windows. People who hate Windows will still hate Windows. People who pirate Windows will still pirate Windows.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 08/26/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I don't know what difference it will make  Michael Kelly | 08/26/08
True... To a degree..  Wolfie2K3 | 08/26/08
Oh no a plot  martin23 | 08/26/08
Microsoft, effort & imagination  msdead | 08/28/08
RE: Oh no a plot  richdave | 08/28/08
You only have yourselves to blame  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 08/27/08
It' s called Autocratic update.  msdead | 08/28/08
re: "you only have yourself...."  Urban_Cowboy | 08/30/08
Good old open source  Pooch666 | 09/07/08
How Much Damage Has Linux Done Compared to Microsoft?  Cardhu | 09/08/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  Bozzer | 08/26/08
You get a A+  msdead | 08/28/08
It's More Like  Cardhu | 09/19/08
I Thought XP Didn't Matter Anymore To Microsoft  itanalyst2@... | 08/26/08
Just another set of spurs in your side  GoPower | 08/26/08
Because Vista is known to be a ...  Dealing | 08/26/08
RE: Because Vista is known to be a ...  KBall1 | 08/27/08
In Vista ...  msdead | 08/28/08
Lawyers, marketing and accounting  SamCPP | 09/14/08
Known to be . . .  zclayton2 | 09/05/08
Forced Change?  Ronin69 | 08/27/08
Isnt XP an unsupported product  twm@... | 09/18/08
XP Remains "Supported" Until 2014  Cardhu | 09/18/08
This is rich: Even the pirates do not want Vista!!!!!!!!!!!!  DonnieBoy | 08/26/08
Wrong Again...  Kromaethius | 08/26/08
Even though pirating Vista is easy...  jinko | 08/27/08
how do you figure?  NamelessFor Now | 08/27/08
Tweaked Version of Vista?  mdsock@... | 08/27/08
I have used Vista 64 ...  msdead | 08/28/08
Not Vista  AttackComputerWhiz | 09/05/08
What?  Kromaethius | 08/27/08
Even though pirating Vista is easy...  Franciscus101 | 08/27/08
Vista is Awesome  TheMasterTech | 08/28/08
Your comments are short sighted  Cayble | 09/05/08
Doubtful Theory  Teyecoon | 09/16/08
So, MS is making it EASIER to pirate Vista, and HARDER to pirate XP,  DonnieBoy | 08/27/08
Buwahahahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/08
Yours Does Every Time You Post  itanalyst2@... | 08/26/08
That truly is RICH !  Intellihence | 08/26/08
Microsoft's Decision To Retire XP Is Causing A Piracy Explosion  chessmen | 08/26/08
All this complaining about Vista  nizuse | 08/26/08
I doubt it.  Dealing | 08/26/08
Just an XP upgrade except for DRM  gertruded | 08/27/08
Who are the pirates, guess who.  jimr@... | 08/27/08
Chill out on the Vista nonsense  Cayble | 09/05/08
A better laugh  Stan57 | 08/31/08
Ain't that the truth!  JCitizen | 09/01/08
Knowingly using cracked XP - WGA irrelevant  Don Collins | 08/26/08
Try the XP drivers.  ye | 08/26/08
I noticed that issue on a friends computer the other day.  Intellihence | 08/26/08
WGA gone, permanently?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 08/27/08
Don't doubt it  jjyar | 08/29/08
Prove it otherwise...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 09/03/08
"Auth" XP Pro NAGS  jdswitz@... | 09/04/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  SamCPP | 08/26/08
WGA is nothing more than a control point ...  msdead | 08/28/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  Kromaethius | 08/26/08
I must not be high enough to follow that... (nt)  *Gman* | 08/27/08
What a waste of time, resources, money, and user frustration. nt  T1Oracle | 08/26/08
Enterprises will hate it.  TripleII | 08/26/08
Sometimes I think Microsoft is just a huge sociological eXPeriment.  Henry Miller | 08/26/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  kcjohn@... | 08/26/08
I wonder if we'll notice?  Chad_z | 08/26/08
WGA = Windows Gets Annoying  deefburger | 08/27/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  rhabkirk@... | 08/26/08
Try to get a new number for XP...  deefburger | 08/27/08
Try to get a new number  gertruded | 08/27/08
I've had a success  ttheys@... | 08/27/08
I had not problem  voska1 | 08/27/08
Got news for you ...  msdead | 08/28/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  muehlbauer | 08/26/08
That's great...  Alber1690 | 08/27/08
Just never go on the internet with Windows  gertruded | 08/27/08
"the notifications experience"  jinko | 08/27/08
WGA only screws the buyer  Randalllind | 08/27/08
Yeah, but technically...  zenotek | 08/27/08
WTF are you talking about ....  cammobus@... | 08/28/08
Same here  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 08/28/08
This is one truth.  msdead | 08/28/08
I think he means system builders oem copies  Randalllind | 08/28/08
You're Correct  Cardhu | 08/30/08
Time to replace the MS greed machine  AttackComputerWhiz | 09/05/08
Only to get Systems on Vista. WGA=Broken  dunn@... | 08/27/08
This one will be cracked too...  jasovanni@... | 08/27/08
an act of desperation  jaybyrd | 08/27/08
Who are they kidding?  wcb42ad | 08/27/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  bricar2 | 08/27/08
And why not?  kryten2x4p@... | 08/27/08
What's Wrong With Kill Switches?  jhilgeman | 08/27/08
Can't imagine it?  RS9 | 08/28/08
You Dont Need To Imagine  Cardhu | 09/01/08
Add me to the list...  JCitizen | 09/01/08
Stop And Think About It  Cardhu | 09/01/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  lnfinity@... | 08/27/08
I really don't think M$ are just trying to make a quick buck  Li1t | 08/27/08
Vista is a nonstart  fwarren | 08/28/08
I think this is getting tiring  DaffyDuck | 08/27/08
Tiring indeed!  RS9 | 08/28/08
The fact that XP cannot easily be purchased now  rcfoulk@... | 08/27/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notific  dfweigel@... | 08/27/08
An OS about Nothing!  Teyecoon | 09/16/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  Georgia Madman | 08/27/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  cjohnson@... | 08/27/08
Strange, no one is trying to steal Vista?  mikifinaz1@... | 08/27/08
How stupid does Microsoft think their "users" are?  Ole Man | 08/27/08
It had better NOT target genuine users with a ligit licience.......  carlsf@... | 08/27/08
I have had a WGA FALSE Positive...  jacarter3 | 08/28/08
Didn't you know?? MS is 'always' right...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 08/28/08
Microsoft Already Has  Cardhu | 09/15/08
Has Corporate Embraced Vista?  migv1@... | 08/27/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  idahotruckertim@... | 08/27/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  The Management consultant | 08/27/08
M$ is wasting thier efforts, but need to waste them.  KBall1 | 08/27/08
Totally useless !!  Gradius2 | 08/27/08
It will only catch the uninformed  JasonVene | 08/27/08
As if WGA didn't totally screw things up...  JCitizen | 08/28/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  Li1t | 08/28/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  Li1t | 08/28/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  clava | 08/28/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  clava | 08/28/08
for those who dont want vista, with or without WGA  clava | 08/28/08
Still has draconian DRM  gertruded | 08/28/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  msdead | 08/28/08
Microsoft to put the screw to Windows XP Pro Users  jet1959mo@... | 08/28/08
I feel sorry for the false positives  kokuryu | 08/28/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  jjyar | 08/29/08
HA!HA! What hilarity! Good one jjyar!... =)  JCitizen | 08/30/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  jjyar | 08/29/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notific  osanchez@... | 08/29/08
Why bother?  chaz15 | 08/30/08
Microsoft's Business Model  Cardhu | 08/30/08
"Like a cancer"  Ole Man | 08/30/08
I Agree  Cardhu | 08/30/08
Thank you Microsft!  kostasan | 08/31/08
I agree!  jwood@... | 09/01/08
Misleading Title  Stan57 | 08/31/08
The Title Of This Article Is Exactly Correct  Cardhu | 09/01/08
RE: Why "pirate" XP?  vikingnyc@... | 09/05/08
Because Microsoft will make you.  tomam | 09/05/08
Better things to do...  leeegeee | 09/05/08
Ah yes, driving off your customer base...  mikifinaz1@... | 09/05/08
Wow, utter nonsense  fritzendugan@... | 09/05/08
"Your Papers Please"  stchrispy | 09/05/08
Broadening Your Understanding  Cardhu | 09/06/08
It's A Business Model  Cardhu | 09/06/08
Microsoft's short memory  jar-head | 09/05/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notific  stchrispy | 09/05/08
RE: think more of the top management need to go at MS !  The Management consultant | 09/05/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  nimrod666 | 09/05/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  jfweber | 09/05/08
Because it gives you a warm feeling in your tummy?  Ole Man | 09/06/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications  atari8bit@... | 09/06/08
RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users.. WHO just wont give in.  racintazz@... | 09/06/08
Why do you need to update WGA at all???  SamCPP | 09/14/08
Stop And Think  Cardhu | 09/15/08

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