"Windows Genuine Advantage...." System Update?

Just re-imaged my home PC and a Windows update that I've been
avoiding all year slipped through.

Something like "Windows Genuine Advantage something-or-other"

Just the name sounds ominous to me - practically pegs my BS
meter.

Am I worrying over nothing?

Can anybody elucidate?
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PeteCresswell

You don't need to worry if you have a legal version of XP. I have never had
a problem with the Genuine Advantage updates myself. It just checks to be
sure you have a legal version of windows.
Neil

"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message
news:h67ln39bne93s8pm22mjucftvmf7hu5b90@4ax.com...
> Just re-imaged my home PC and a Windows update that I've been
> avoiding all year slipped through.
>
> Something like "Windows Genuine Advantage something-or-other"
>
> Just the name sounds ominous to me - practically pegs my BS
> meter.
>
> Am I worrying over nothing?
>
> Can anybody elucidate?
> --
> PeteCresswell

Per neil:
>You don't need to worry if you have a legal version of XP. I have never had
>a problem with the Genuine Advantage updates myself. It just checks to be
>sure you have a legal version of windows.

That's kinda what I figured.

Anybody know how to kill it?

I don't know if my version of windows is legal or not. I layed
out a grand or so for the MSN developer discs and it came from
one of them - but there's been a lot of water over the dam since
then.
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PeteCresswell

In article <h67ln39bne93s8pm22mjucftvmf7hu5b90@4ax.com>, "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
>Just re-imaged my home PC and a Windows update that I've been
>avoiding all year slipped through.
>
>Something like "Windows Genuine Advantage something-or-other"
>
>Just the name sounds ominous to me - practically pegs my BS
>meter.
>
>Am I worrying over nothing?
>
>Can anybody elucidate?
You only have to worry if you are running a non-legit copy of windows

GMAN wrote:
> In article <h67ln39bne93s8pm22mjucftvmf7hu5b90@4ax.com>, "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
>> Just re-imaged my home PC and a Windows update that I've been
>> avoiding all year slipped through.
>>
>> Something like "Windows Genuine Advantage something-or-other"
>>
>> Just the name sounds ominous to me - practically pegs my BS
>> meter.
>>
>> Am I worrying over nothing?
>>
>> Can anybody elucidate?
> You only have to worry if you are running a non-legit copy of windows

False positives with WGA are a known fact that even Microsoft admits is
true. Why do you lie or are you just ignorant of the facts?

Alias

Per GMAN:
>You only have to worry if you are running a non-legit copy of windows

Refer to my prior post about MSDN... I guess I'll find out soon
enough.
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PeteCresswell

In article <60i5o3lcithdm104vban5iofpvru2n1q70@4ax.com>, "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
>Per GMAN:
>>You only have to worry if you are running a non-legit copy of windows
>
>Refer to my prior post about MSDN... I guess I'll find out soon
>enough.
Missed that part, definitely legit!

Per GMAN:
>>Refer to my prior post about MSDN... I guess I'll find out soon
>>enough.
>Missed that part, definitely legit!

Hopefully.... but I've been through a few boxes since day 1 - and
who knows how they identify dupes.....
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PeteCresswell