Mele20
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Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA!
According to this post »Re: Just keeps getting better (not)... Windows Validation Issues
the validation server has been taken down by Microsoft until next Tuesday.
Hmmm...does that mean I can go update DirectX now?   (I have XP Pro and refuse to "show my papers", although they are legit, in order to get downloads other than critical patches).
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AB
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1 edit | said by Mele20  :Hmmm...does that mean I can go update DirectX now? (I have XP Pro and refuse to "show my papers", although they are legit, in order to get downloads other than critical patches). There are plenty of other sources besides the Microsoft site to update DirectX.
I just tried to download a non-critical update directly from the individual KB website (KB900485). No go. First using Firefox, then IE6. They still require that you install WGA.
Now, after installing it, perhaps it doesn't go thru the Validation process, but you're still required to install it, or at least I was, and that simply is not going to happen.
My OS is legal, and I could easily install it, get the updates I want, then remove it.
Removing it is a piece of cake (or at least not a major operation), and requires absolutely zero special software or 'crack', btw. I just don't feel like doing it. Guess I just don't want those updates that badly.
So the bottom line remains the same-- you want a non-critical update from them, you will be installing WGA.
*Edit-- Apparently things are back to normal: »Fixed |
