Microsoft Scanning your computer for piracy

[twisterX]

Don't you need to go to the school to get the discount? Even if you do just get one of them studnets and ask them to buy one for you with your money of course.

[boow]

You see, every time I think I'm gonna break down and just go buy a legit copy,
M$ pulls some bullshit like this.
Fuck em. They can keep their anti-piracy *cough* spyware *cough*.
I got a set of Debian ISOs that's been sitting on my HDD for a couple of months.
Maybe it's time to give them a go.
I still have a legit Win2k Pro setup, I can use it for games, I guess.

trudat

[Rip The Jacker]

For once, I'm glad my store PC came with a legit copy of XP Media Center Edition... I have that automatic updates shit disabled anyway, I set it to ask me before downloading/updating, and I always pick no. Now that I think of it, it's only asked me to update something once.

Hell with auto updates, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[Guillaume]

Sure, turning off auto-updates will protect you for a bit. Until MS decides to make it compulsory, just like they did with the whole "Genuine advantages" concept.

/me starts gathering documentation on linux and openoffice.

[elkinm]

How does windows check for a legit copy? Does it connect to the MS servers to compare against current registered systems and hardware?

Can it break and give a bad detection?

I once again disabled the Automatic Updates service after getting all the latest updates except this. Disabled the first time after SP1 said it could download and install any software on the system.

Anyone else feel that Microsoft will soon turn this into a subscription service to use your PC to make more money?

[Rip The Jacker]

Wait, so... if I am using a legit purchased copy of Windows, I shouldn't worry right? Or are they gonna bust me for something else I didn't do?

[twisterX]

Wait, so... if I am using a legit purchased copy of Windows, I shouldn't worry right? Or are they gonna bust me for something else I didn't do?

Your good. They just check if your copy of windoze is real.

[Master$hake]

You could get a copy of BLSA 2.0 and that will let you know what updates you need to go hunting for, it also gives you more choice of what updates to install. You can also download updates individually and keep them in case you need to reformat, if you can't get a copy of this pm me and I'll post on usenet and put up the nzb.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...fault.mspx#E4B

As for office go download openoffice it IMO is far better than MS Office and you can save you docs in a form that MS office will read.
www.openoffice.org

Also many of the security holes in windows can be plugged via
www.computersecuritytool.com

For a list of available updates go to
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=31886

But please do remember any updates not downloaded from MS are not to be considered secure since there is no way of verifying them and they could be comprimised.

[Master$hake]

You see, every time I think I'm gonna break down and just go buy a legit copy,
M$ pulls some bullshit like this.
Fuck em. They can keep their anti-piracy *cough* spyware *cough*.
I got a set of Debian ISOs that's been sitting on my HDD for a couple of months.
Maybe it's time to give them a go.
I still have a legit Win2k Pro setup, I can use it for games, I guess.

Try Ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/download
http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu

You will find all filesharing programs are easy to install under ubuntu.
If you have any concerns feel free to ask.