Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue May 26 14:28:58 CDT 2009
Wow, that high... One of the things that is done to people, via MS, who supposedly have 'pirated' Office software, is that the application will lock-up and have to be exited if the user attempts to search for a file on the computer. If this ever happens to you, follow the error link and it will forward to the MS authentication site. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:47 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows notification Microsoft is being sued for WGA in LA under anti-spyware statutes. The false-positive rate (falsely identifying instances as pirated) is reported to be 22%. PB Jim Lawrence wrote: > 1. If you have changed any hardware, on your computer recently, it will come > up with this message... like hard drive, lan card or mother board. > > 2. If you have MS Updates turned off for too long this will also happen. > > 3. If you have rebuilt your registers or changed/fixed/updates/restored a > number of primary records within the Windows directories of > subdirectories... the message may be invoked. > > 4. A number of updates, like MS Office also require you down load an ActiceX > component that once installed continually sends back messages to MS on the > validity of all MS software, on your whole computer. If any piece of > software, on your system, is registered, in more than one place or not fully > registered/activated, that message will continue to pop-up. > > Check the link out from MS for details: > http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ProgramInfo.aspx?displaylang=en&sGuid=5b22a > dba-2510-4876-874c-f4732dd8203b > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:30 AM > To: DBA Tech List > Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows notification > > Why am I suddenly getting a Windows Notification message when I reboot? It > wants to determine if I'm running a legitimate copy of Windows -- what the > hell is this and how do I get rid of it???? I've been running the same copy > of Windows for years and all the sudden I have to convince MS that it's > legitimate? > > Susan H. > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.40/2135 - Release Date: 05/26/09 08:53:00 > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com