Sun, 26 Aug 2007

Windows Genuine Advantage Servers Out

Reading through the forums this primarily affected Vista, and in many cases actually "de-functionalized" the operating system.

Why anyone wants to install a system that demands access to the net to function, and can be taken down by a remote server at will, is beyond me.

Users of both Windows XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that they could not validate their installations using WGA, and one user even said that his installation was invalidated by the service.

(link) [Slashdot]

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