Wednesday, August 29th 2007
WGA Bug Flags Legitimate Users as Pirates; Locks Them Out of Vista
One of the major changes between the Windows Genuine Advantage software found in Windows XP and the version found in Windows Vista is the Vista's version's ability to "phone home". Unfortunately, this caused a disaster when a bunch of copies which did "phone home" recently phoned a faulty server. And so, what did hundreds, perhaps thousands, of legitimate Vista copies do? Flag themselves as pirated, and dip into "reduced functionality mode". Most of the victims were none too pleased at this. A common feeling of most of the users:
Source:
Neoseeker
This is inexcusable, I am not a software pirate, I paid good money for both my copies of Vista, and due to poorly implemented anti-piracy measures, I am prevented from using my own PC!
26 Comments on WGA Bug Flags Legitimate Users as Pirates; Locks Them Out of Vista
Bassmasta, no one gets jokes on this forum :D its because we're communists. (Except russianboy. He's a muslim)