is microsoft release windows kill switch

If this is indeed true, which it sounds like it is if a rep and email response seem to say, this is seriously bad news. The WGA has severely screwed up my XP Pro since it was installed and has caused perpetual reboots etc. How can they pull something like this without testing this terrible coded WGA?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

So... In 30 days if you don't activate Windows XP, it will also shut you down. I believe Vista is even less with 14. "CHOUT" wrote in message

If this is indeed true, which it sounds like it is if a rep and email response seem to say, this is seriously bad news. The WGA has severely screwed up my XP Pro since it was installed and has caused perpetual reboots etc. How can they pull something like this without testing this terrible coded WGA?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

WGA offers nothing to the user. It has no functionality for me. It is the only thing that I have patches coming through on between patch Tuesdays and I don't see what urgency of that is all about.
The first time it kills a legitimate XP of mine, I start learning more about OS/X. And that is not an empty comment because I use a MacBook Pro already.
(My MacBook Pro makes a great waffle iron. I leave it on overnight and in the morning I just pour waffle batter on the keyboard and close the lid. Two minutes later I have toasty waffles. Now I just need to figure out how the get the indentations in the tops as well as the bottoms.)
"CHOUT" wrote in message

If this is indeed true, which it sounds like it is if a rep and email response seem to say, this is seriously bad news. The WGA has severely screwed up my XP Pro since it was installed and has caused perpetual reboots etc. How can they pull something like this without testing this terrible coded WGA?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

I will agree with Colin here that I get WGA updates on XP all the time. It does get annoying. I think eventually it will get to the point where people aren't going to feel safe using Windows (as there are already many that don't already) to the point that they will not get it anymore because they won't feel trusted and won't feel like they can do whatever they want on their computers with this anti-piracy this and this WGA, and DRM, and so on. It's getting to the point where you have to watch every step you do on your PC or Windows will taddle tale on you. "Oops, you downloaded a song off of the Internet, so we will tell the RIAA" and things like that. "Uh oh, you didn't activate your copy of Windows, so we're shutting you down". "Uh oh, you shouldn't be at this website, so we will report you." "Uh oh, this video isn't appropriate, so we're going to report you." You get the point... "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

WGA offers nothing to the user. It has no functionality for me. It is the only thing that I have patches coming through on between patch Tuesdays and I don't see what urgency of that is all about.
The first time it kills a legitimate XP of mine, I start learning more about OS/X. And that is not an empty comment because I use a MacBook Pro already.
(My MacBook Pro makes a great waffle iron. I leave it on overnight and in the morning I just pour waffle batter on the keyboard and close the lid. Two minutes later I have toasty waffles. Now I just need to figure out how the get the indentations in the tops as well as the bottoms.)
"CHOUT" wrote in message If this is indeed true, which it sounds like it is if a rep and email response seem to say, this is seriously bad news. The WGA has severely screwed up my XP Pro since it was installed and has caused perpetual reboots etc. How can they pull something like this without testing this terrible coded WGA?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

I haven't had a problem with WGA as yet, but if something does happen, Suse 10 is looking a whole lot better.
"CHOUT" wrote in message

If this is indeed true, which it sounds like it is if a rep and email response seem to say, this is seriously bad news. The WGA has severely screwed up my XP Pro since it was installed and has caused perpetual reboots etc. How can they pull something like this without testing this terrible coded WGA?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message <Stuff Deleted>
I went into the Apple retail store last evening ... had a few minutes to kill. But I like to check out the Apple hardware. They have several Intel Dual core Apple laptops on display running OS X. The color is flat black with a white Apple logo on the cover. It looks real cool, I bet it is even Vista capable. :)

(My MacBook Pro makes a great waffle iron. I leave it on overnight and in the morning I just pour waffle batter on the keyboard and close the lid. Two minutes later I have toasty waffles. Now I just need to figure out how the get the indentations in the tops as well as the bottoms.)
"CHOUT" wrote in message
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It is. But the easiest way to install Vista is to first install XP so that the Mac drivers for XP are in place (to enable the special keyboard keys, touchpad, any mouse, airport, and so on in XP) and then upgrade to Vista. It's already been done. The only issues are drivers for the Mac hardware and those are installed into XP by Boot Camp. A few Mac devices, like the iSight camera are not supported when running under Windows. The reason I chose the MacBook Pro over the cheaper MacBook was to get the ATI graphics adaptor and the ExpressCard/34 adaptor to support Vista better. Not that I expect to dual boot OS/X with Vista. I have half a dozen Windows computer running in the house as it is. But I like to keep my options open.
"Mario Rosario" wrote in message

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Stuff Deleted
I went into the Apple retail store last evening ... had a few minutes to kill. But I like to check out the Apple hardware. They have several Intel Dual core Apple laptops on display running OS X. The color is flat black with a white Apple logo on the cover. It looks real cool, I bet it is even Vista capable. :)
(My MacBook Pro makes a great waffle iron. I leave it on overnight and in the morning I just pour waffle batter on the keyboard and close the lid. Two minutes later I have toasty waffles. Now I just need to figure out how the get the indentations in the tops as well as the bottoms.)
"CHOUT" wrote in message
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I won't be surprised if it can multi-boot, use grubs then install linux, OS X, XP, Vista beta, Solaris, uh what else is there? Maybe even MINIX.
But adding or removing hardware is a nightmare because you'll want to make it work on all OSes installed on the system. I repeat it's a NIGHTMARE!
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

It is. But the easiest way to install Vista is to first install XP so that the Mac drivers for XP are in place (to enable the special keyboard keys, touchpad, any mouse, airport, and so on in XP) and then upgrade to Vista. It's already been done. The only issues are drivers for the Mac hardware and those are installed into XP by Boot Camp. A few Mac devices, like the iSight camera are not supported when running under Windows. The reason I chose the MacBook Pro over the cheaper MacBook was to get the ATI graphics adaptor and the ExpressCard/34 adaptor to support Vista better. Not that I expect to dual boot OS/X with Vista. I have half a dozen Windows computer running in the house as it is. But I like to keep my options open.
"Mario Rosario" wrote in message "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Stuff Deleted
I went into the Apple retail store last evening ... had a few minutes to kill. But I like to check out the Apple hardware. They have several Intel Dual core Apple laptops on display running OS X. The color is flat black with a white Apple logo on the cover. It looks real cool, I bet it is even Vista capable. :)
(My MacBook Pro makes a great waffle iron. I leave it on overnight and in the morning I just pour waffle batter on the keyboard and close the lid. Two minutes later I have toasty waffles. Now I just need to figure out how the get the indentations in the tops as well as the bottoms.)
"CHOUT" wrote in message
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Multibooting Windows and OS/X is now officially supported by Apple and appropriate drivers for Windows are included in Apple Boot Camp. Boot Camp will be a standard feature of Leopard. It is a free beta download now.
"Mario Rosario" wrote in message

I won't be surprised if it can multi-boot, use grubs then install linux, OS X, XP, Vista beta, Solaris, uh what else is there? Maybe even MINIX.
But adding or removing hardware is a nightmare because you'll want to make it work on all OSes installed on the system. I repeat it's a NIGHTMARE!
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message It is. But the easiest way to install Vista is to first install XP so that the Mac drivers for XP are in place (to enable the special keyboard keys, touchpad, any mouse, airport, and so on in XP) and then upgrade to Vista. It's already been done. The only issues are drivers for the Mac hardware and those are installed into XP by Boot Camp. A few Mac devices, like the iSight camera are not supported when running under Windows. The reason I chose the MacBook Pro over the cheaper MacBook was to get the ATI graphics adaptor and the ExpressCard/34 adaptor to support Vista better. Not that I expect to dual boot OS/X with Vista. I have half a dozen Windows computer running in the house as it is. But I like to keep my options open.
"Mario Rosario" wrote in message "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message Stuff Deleted
I went into the Apple retail store last evening ... had a few minutes to kill. But I like to check out the Apple hardware. They have several Intel Dual core Apple laptops on display running OS X. The color is flat black with a white Apple logo on the cover. It looks real cool, I bet it is even Vista capable. :)
(My MacBook Pro makes a great waffle iron. I leave it on overnight and in the morning I just pour waffle batter on the keyboard and close the lid. Two minutes later I have toasty waffles. Now I just need to figure out how the get the indentations in the tops as well as the bottoms.)
"CHOUT" wrote in message
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It is quite possible these examples of yours could happen...
Even though MS has this "privacy policy" thing you never know what's behind the screen (the code). Vista's new DRM technology is just the beginning...
"Travis King" wrote in message

I will agree with Colin here that I get WGA updates on XP all the time. It does get annoying. I think eventually it will get to the point where people aren't going to feel safe using Windows (as there are already many that don't already) to the point that they will not get it anymore because they won't feel trusted and won't feel like they can do whatever they want on their computers with this anti-piracy this and this WGA, and DRM, and so on. It's getting to the point where you have to watch every step you do on your PC or Windows will taddle tale on you. "Oops, you downloaded a song off of the Internet, so we will tell the RIAA" and things like that. "Uh oh, you didn't activate your copy of Windows, so we're shutting you down". "Uh oh, you shouldn't be at this website, so we will report you." "Uh oh, this video isn't appropriate, so we're going to report you." You get the point... "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message WGA offers nothing to the user. It has no functionality for me. It is the only thing that I have patches coming through on between patch Tuesdays and I don't see what urgency of that is all about.
The first time it kills a legitimate XP of mine, I start learning more about OS/X. And that is not an empty comment because I use a MacBook Pro already.
(My MacBook Pro makes a great waffle iron. I leave it on overnight and in the morning I just pour waffle batter on the keyboard and close the lid. Two minutes later I have toasty waffles. Now I just need to figure out how the get the indentations in the tops as well as the bottoms.)
"CHOUT" wrote in message If this is indeed true, which it sounds like it is if a rep and email response seem to say, this is seriously bad news. The WGA has severely screwed up my XP Pro since it was installed and has caused perpetual reboots etc. How can they pull something like this without testing this terrible coded WGA?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84