MS: 20% of WGA failures not caused by pirated keys

Iria · Jul 4, 2006, 09:11 PM

Source: Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
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You don't need to look very hard to find outraged Windows customers who have been branded pirates by Windows Genuine Authentication. And a hefty number of them claim they're being unfairly targeted, with legitimate Windows copies that are being tagged as stolen or pirated. I've heard from several dozen people, and I've also seen credible stories posted on Microsoft's public WGA newsgroups.

Now, via e-mail, comes confirmation from Microsoft that its false positive rate might be unacceptably high.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 5, 2006, 04:53 AM

and rember they would be "conservitave" as in if anything the rate is higher

misguided · Jul 5, 2006, 07:10 AM

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Quote from that link...While we will don't have specifics to share on other forms counterfeit installations, they mostly result from activities such as various forms of tampering and unauthorized OEM installations

I guess reinstalling an OEM Windows XP SP2 too many times on the same computer must trigger this 20% solution that includes the "unauthorized OEM installations"

I get so tired of phoning up the WGA service everytime I do a clean install because some faulty device that Microsoft is supposed to support fails and leaves no other recourse.

When they say their generic drivers work, then they should work.

Hardware and software developers get together with Mikey (Microsoft nickname) and they agree on this and on that, then before they can get out the door Mikey says something like

"Lets change our update site so Genuine Advantage can cause more problems than any worm out there".

THNX A LOT Mikey!

Jul 4, 2006, 09:11 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	MS: 20% of WGA failures not caused by pirated keys Source: Ed Bott's Microsoft Report ___________ You don't need to look very hard to find outraged Windows customers who have been branded pirates by Windows Genuine Authentication. And a hefty number of them claim they're being unfairly targeted, with legitimate Windows copies that are being tagged as stolen or pirated. I've heard from several dozen people, and I've also seen credible stories posted on Microsoft's public WGA newsgroups. Now, via e-mail, comes confirmation from Microsoft that its false positive rate might be unacceptably high.

Jul 5, 2006, 04:53 AM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	and rember they would be "conservitave" as in if anything the rate is higher __________________