<snipped>
"Responding to pressure from irked Windows users, Microsoft released an
updated version of its antipiracy program on Tuesday that changes the
frequency with which the program checks for pirated or counterfeit
copies of its client operating system.
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I'm not sure what's going on with WGA, but we're one
of the irked users.
We had a client who installed an evaluation copy of
Windows 2003 Enterprise on a server we're hosting
for them.
Before the expiration we tried activating with the activation
stuff MS provided, which didn't take, (still got activation
message). We then re-installed with a licensed copy of
Enterprise edition over a weekend. Everything seemed
okay until Monday when most of their websites started
crashing. We couldn't get in via the console login because
the activation message kept coming up. When you clicked
OK it just looped back to the activation message.
We could get in via Remote and spent 8 hours with 2
MS techs trying to straighten it out. We/they finally got
the system partially back up. In desperation we finally
did a system restore that was available before the re-install.
That worked and seemed properly activated. They've been
running it for almost a year now. Last week their IT guy
downloaded and installed the latest updates, one of which
was the new WGA. Now when you login a message pops
up saying they have xx days left to install a "retail" copy of
Enterprise edition.
We've been chewing MS butt over this crap every time
we talk with them now.
Yesterday my PC alerted me to an update, which was
WGA and I killed it.
Jim Eddins
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