WGA Team, What Have You Done Now?

May 1st, 2007 by Corrine

I was not a fan of the rollout of the WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) Tool for installation on computers that had been purchased many years ago and already validated through other means. However, I expected that WGA would be incorporated in any licensed version of Windows Vista and accept that as part of the Windows Vista license.

The story linked below, however, certainly implies that the WGA Team has sunk to a new low. Please tell me there was a mistake.

WGA – The “A” stands for Advertisments by ZDNet‘s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes — Just when you think that WGA can’t possibly get any worse, it suddenly does.

 What do you think of the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool?  Share your opinion of WGA here in the forum.

Comments (2)

  1. kaleidoscope eyes says:

    My comment on that is What the hell does MS think they are up to after all the way they bang on about stopping spam you would think the last thing they would resort would be Advertising Via popup :0(

  2. WGA was good get up date’s on xp for one year then it said it not genuine i ring mic up they say it bad luck and i need to buy new cd i said why can you not help me as it is genuine told bad luck you can send a leater if you like to microsoft attn:microsoft product actiration one microsoftway redmond washington 98052-8399 USA * for max refund of us $5 yes only $5

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