Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 7th Sep 2008 20:23 UTC
Probably one of the most hated parts of Windows are its anti-piracy measures - product activation and Windows Genuine Advantage. While most people acknowledge Microsoft's right to implement these measures, many have also been bitten by the measures' shortcomings, such as server outages or false positives. Microsoft blogger Ed Bott has been monitoring WGA since its inception, and in 2006 and 2007 he didn't give a passing grade to WGA ("a big fat F"). This year, the situation has improved somewhat, earning Microsoft a passing grade - barely.
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I had a machine whose Motherboards kept failing, complex issue, every time it did, a reinstall of Windows was needed. In the end, I was repeatedly calling up the Microsoft helpline, reciting strings of numbers over the phone, and copying down other strings of numbers, and being accused of piracy over the phone by some help desk drone. It's not fun having to call Microsoft.
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2006-01-02
It would have been less trouble to make a 3 minute phone call, and far more aboveboard.