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Microsoft Backtracks on phone home WGA ...
nudone:
But I thought onboard graphics didn't allocate that much RAM? If business machines are really set up like this they are unlikely to have large amounts of memory either - I'm sure system admins won't want 50% of available RAM allocated to Vista (which seems to require 512Mb as a minumum standard).
I am running Vista Beta in VMWare ... compared to Windows XP running in the same environment it is
S....O S.....L.....O....W and that's without access to Aero (since VMWare only has an emulated 16Mb graphic card)
and talk about making you click windows to confirm absolutely everything ...
"Are you sure you want a toilet break?"
"Click here to confirm that you just confirmed you need a toilet break"
"Toilet breaks have not be tested in Windows Vista - please confirm you understand the implications of going for a toilet break"
... Damn now I need to change my pants!
"Are you sure you want to change your pants" etc.....
-Carol Haynes (June 13, 2006, 05:37 AM)
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hehe, that's kind of kinky. never thought vista was going to be that much fun.
Josh:
How many business admins are going to deploy vista with AERO enabled? I a lower spec machine can run vista with the old fashioned windows interface. Vista runs great for me in VMware with classic mode enabled.
Also, microsoft is re-working UAC, check this article http://www.betanews.com/article/Vista_Account_Protection_Being_Refined/1150139864
Microsoft has heard your cry on UAC and will be reworking it. We shall see with RC1
Carol Haynes:
Interesting article with a few ideas on WGA from Brian Livingstone's WindowSecrets article:
Read it here http://windowssecrets.com/comp/060615/#story1
It is aquite a long series of articles but it told me some things I didn't know and showed up some of the bugs and problems people are encountering even with legitimate copies bought direct from MS.
Genuine Advantage is Microsoft spyware
By Brian Livingston
Windows Genuine Advantage — the controversial program Microsoft auto-installed as a "critical security update" on many PCs starting on Apr. 25 — not only causes problems for many users but has now been proven to send personally identifiable information back to Redmond every 24 hours.
This behavior clearly fits any plausible definition of "spyware." Some tech writers have said categorizing WGA as spyware is arguable. But I have no hesitation in calling the program a security nightmare that Microsoft should never have distributed in its present form.
In my May 25 newsletter, I called Microsoft's WGA download a "severe blunder." It causes serious problems for some legitimate Windows users and was sprung on customers with no notice other than a press release the day before.
No PC-using company that values security and reliability can allow a program like WGA to send data to a distant server, download additional software, morph its behavior, or remotely change the functionality of Windows (as I describe below). I don't believe individuals should put up with this, either.
Today, I'll explain the problems and let you know what you can do to fix them.
If the spyware label fits, wear it
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read on on the website ...
Carol Haynes:
And now they have backtracked even further ...
How to uninstall WGA ...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921914
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