Waylander Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 anyone know where to get it from without having to jump throught the hoops of the bloody authentication on the MS site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Translation: I have a pirated copy of Windows XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Get hold of a copy of Vista and you don't need to worry about licensing at the moment. But you might have a problem in 120 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 don't know what you are talking about Thorburn - my XP has a valid key. *ahem* i just don't like the idea of this MS nanny-state. That being said, there is apparantly a FireFox plug-in which allows you to install Windows updates via it without need for IE - will track the link down in due course if anyone interested. Vista - reinstalling a new [beta] OS for 120 days' sidestepping authentication is a bit extreme isn;t it? My machine is not specced for Vista anyway - need a 3GHz processor, which i don't have. Wonder if anyone who does have pirated-XP has seen what happens when they authenticate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Wonder if anyone who does have pirated-XP has seen what happens when they authenticate... [/ QUOTE ] It says sorry you do not have an authentic copy of Windows and won't let you download the updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 apparantly the checker causes some probs and MS has advised some folk to install it and then disable it from the tools menu.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaunty Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Try here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Microsoft_Windows_AntiSpyware_d4466.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Try here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Microsoft_Windows_AntiSpyware_d4466.html [/ QUOTE ] I had forgotten all about good ol' major geek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkna Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Defeating the new MS software validation stuff is easy - just do the following, and you can download XP updates etc.... not sure if it works with MS antispyware download yet, as I pulled that off another machine that is valid. 1. In IE, go into Tools -> internet options -> programs. 2. Click on "Manage Add-ons". 3. Highlight "Windows Genuine Advantage" and click "disable" Simple, that's all there is to it. Si. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 yes that is true - but you have to download and install it in the first place to do this - doesn't it check when you agree to download? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Defeating the new MS software validation stuff is easy - just do the following, and you can download XP updates etc.... not sure if it works with MS antispyware download yet, as I pulled that off another machine that is valid. 1. In IE, go into Tools -> internet options -> programs. 2. Click on "Manage Add-ons". 3. Highlight "Windows Genuine Advantage" and click "disable" Simple, that's all there is to it. Si. [/ QUOTE ] just to let you all know [tried it on a machine that i know of with a VLK ] that this method only work with SP2 machines and Sp1 doesn't have the manage add-ons feature in IE and it blocks as Thornburn said. There are javascripts that block it from running though. For some bizarre reason Zone Alarm doesn't seem to stop this activex from running on said machine even though this should be another method... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 What happens if you don't use IE for surfing? (I know, 70% of MS updates won't be relevant), but still curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 there is another solution - will post this evening as late for work YIKES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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