Windows Genuine Advantage can now work in Firefox :o
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:21 am
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Windows Genuine Advantage can now work in Firefox :o
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:24 am
Where's your characteristic orange link color?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:23 am
damn, i was thinking people didn't notice those as links.Massive Quasars wrote:Where's your characteristic orange link color?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:43 am
Truth.+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
damn, i was thinking people didn't notice those as links.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:56 am
btw i approve of that color for links. :icon14:
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:10 am
its a nice carrotty color indeed
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:13 pm
It's always worked for firefox...you just have to run that exe they send you.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:05 pm
sorry, no it hasn't.bitWISE wrote:It's always worked for firefox...you just have to run that exe they send you.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:52 pm
Whenever I tried to download something from MS I would get a prompt to download GenuineCheck.exe. I would run it and then copy that code into the little text box and then download whatever I was after.+JuggerNaut+ wrote:sorry, no it hasn't.bitWISE wrote:It's always worked for firefox...you just have to run that exe they send you.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:04 pm
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:37 pm
It's a load of bollocks anyway, if you've got a dodgy copy you just install it in IE and let it validate you, then when it fails you can just disable the Windows Genuine Advantage add-on and it just lets you download 
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:28 pm
no, i'm pretty sure MS took care of that exploit.mik0rs wrote:It's a load of bollocks anyway, if you've got a dodgy copy you just install it in IE and let it validate you, then when it fails you can just disable the Windows Genuine Advantage add-on and it just lets you download
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:31 pm
I just installed the updates from the site not 5 minutes ago, no critical updates and 7 optional ones were available so I got those. I'll check now.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:33 pm
kk thx.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:34 pm
Still working right now, just getting the .NET service pack. Unless something pops up again after that then they've not fixed it.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:36 pm
Is this a good or bad thing? WGA needs to be destroyed.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:40 pm
well, it's a good thing that they're "letting" you use another browser, period.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:46 pm
No more critical updates it seems, so I think it still works.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:49 pm
interesting.mik0rs wrote:No more critical updates it seems, so I think it still works.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:49 pm
why?PhoeniX wrote:Is this a good or bad thing? WGA needs to be destroyed.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:52 pm
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:54 pm
other than that.dzjepp wrote:
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:22 pm
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:other than that.dzjepp wrote:
The fact it sends off random things about your PC, which I don't like. Oh, and I do have a legal copy of windows.
What they really need to do is switch from ActiveX into a more secure / cross browser solution.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:26 pm
problem is MS, or XP rather, probably already has something buried that sends information out.PhoeniX wrote:+JuggerNaut+ wrote:other than that.dzjepp wrote:
The fact it sends off random things about your PC, which I don't like. Oh, and I do have a legal copy of windows.
What they really need to do is switch from ActiveX into a more secure / cross browser solution.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:30 pm
You know it only sends out a one-way hashed version of your product key which they compare against other hashed versions of known-good keys right? Theres nothing to get upset about as long as your OS is legit.PhoeniX wrote:Is this a good or bad thing? WGA needs to be destroyed.