Windows Updates...

[Ketamininja]

-----Original Message-----
From: UK Security [mailto:UK-SECURITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Tim Chown
Sent: 03 August 2005 15:13
To: UK-SECURITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: MS Genuine Advantage

Interesting:

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/28/microsoft_genuine_ad.html

Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" cracked in 24h:  
window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all'

AV sez, "This week, Microsoft started requiring users to verifiy their serial number before using Windows Update. This effort to force users to either buy XP or tell them where you got the illegal copy is called 'Genuine Advantage.' It was cracked within 24 hours."
Before pressing 'Custom' or 'Express' buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter:
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')

It turns off the trigger for the key check

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[Fuse]

LOL

that easy?

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is most awesome.

[Anonymous]

LMAO.... ahh M$... god they are so fucking stupid... its great...

[Anonymous]

rofl

[Anonymous]

roffles!?!?!

hahahahahahaha

my brother just graduated with a theoretical comp sci degree and has always wanted to work for NASA .... til he found out they ran on windows' servers/networking ... O_O

[Anonymous]

You just solved one of my big problems.

[Styan]

wow... tho i guess i've come to expect it by now...

[Anonymous]

u want to solve ur problems, go win2k. lets be honest. u dont need xp. all it is is just twice the memory requirements for twice the bullshit.

[Ketamininja]

Actually 2k does have some limitations as a home desktop service.
Note that Windows Vista is going into beta this fall, will be released next spring, so time for a format soon!!

[Avzeke (Khr0n1k)]

w00tness....except its not going to be Vista anymore because they got in trouble for using that name...

[Anonymous]

Is that the new name for Longhorn or am I totally off the mark?

[Avzeke (Khr0n1k)]

yeah, or it was.

[Anonymous]

limitations like what? u cant use windows media player 10 or microsoft spyware beta! oooh wooptie fucking do. i have never had any problems with any piece of software designed for xp on win2k, at all. xp is totally unnecessary imho, just like ME was.

[Ketamininja]

2K was a business workstation, ME was its "home" counterpart.
A workstation is not "as powerful" for home use... naturally, since XP is built on NT5 (2000) architecture, apps for XP are almost always compatible with 2000...

The XP code just build upon what 2k already had going for it, adding functionality and stability every step of the way, therefore 2000 misses out on various issues addressed by XP. One major revision is the security and protocol architecture change in XP SP2, which I believe has not been updated for 2000, but one noticable issue is hardware. XP is just more compatible with various hardware types that 2000.

The kicker is the multimedia performance... on XP it is far superior, with 2000 not being able to perform some advanced program functions.

If you have 2000, with no problems, then keep it; if it aint broke, and all...
If you don't use anything that gives a problem in 2000, then you will never notice the issues, but XP is a home and pro product, whereas 2000 is marketed as a pro product only.