Lusty Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Since the last lot of updates I keep getting a message comming up saying that I'm using copied software(ok until today).So now I wont be able to get anymore updates. Is there a patch for this? Thanx P.S.Also having problems shutting down.I click the red shutdown icon but the PC fails to turn off?Any idears?:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Did you already install SP2 for XP? Any idea what serial you used when installing? Possibly 'FCKGW...'? Which updates are causing problems - security updates, fixes and such? - additional software like MS spyware remover (don't know the english name), IE 7 beta, WMP 11 beta etc? If you still get security updates but not the additional software, then it's most likely cause by Windows Genuine Advantage. Good news as there are workarounds available. Hehe, the shutdown problems might be Bills revenge for not making him richer. No ideas though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusty Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Windows Genuine Advantage.Thats the critter! I assume that something needs to be removed from the registry but this is big fuck up territory for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 The easiest workaround for Windows updates: go to the update page and just *before* you press the update button copy the following into the address field: javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all') this should do the trick (there are other workarounds availalbe as well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiledCowboy Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Try this... Windows Genuine Advantage Validation patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 You can google the net and there is info on what two "dll" files to remove from the PC to make the Windows nag go away. Pretty simple to do but our buddie Billy Gates will be looking to do something else in the way of a nag! :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Two dll? The patch I use only replace one, the 'LegitCheckControl.dll'. Newest one is version 1.5.530.0, got it via emule Users using Windows update have a nagging problem as of now. Every once in a while - I guess every patchday - WGA renews itself, and as it seems with a new version. People using Windows update and the WGA patch might have noticed it. Every time WGA renews itself the WGA patch has to be reapplied, preferably with a new version itself. There are two german sites, winboard.org and winfuture.de, that bundle the security updates every patchday. So I download their bundle and don't use Windows update. For these security updates no WGA needed. No idea if there are sites out there that do this for other languages, mainly english. search yourself. Winboard also has the bundles for english language, but I don't know if the site will show itself in english or german for you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 As of recently I had the two mentioned WGA problems: the nagscreen which needed a little bit more work since windows had to be restarted in safe mode to change settings/replace a dll. And as Carlton said MS seems to update it's WGA tool every few weeks now. Just yesterday I went to the Windows update site and the only new software in stalled was the WGA tool. :: But since the workaround is quite simple, you just need to replace the legitcheck.dll with the latest cracked version, it does not matter so much. But of course on the long run Windows will force many 'normal' users to install a legit version of Windows or move to Linux, since for many of them to install the cracked files will be too complicated. In our small office I already bought the first WindowsXP to avoid manipulating Windows frequently and since I expect that MS will try to make more and more harder for the user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pescator Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Hi Carlton, Emule? Just read in the danish media that 3.500 germans are being sued for sharing illegit software through the similar network edonkey. What is a guy to do these days? Actually buy the software? cheers hua nguu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 The IFPI had hijacked a German server from the edoney network for two month and logged all up- and downloads of ca. 35.000 users. A few day ago police searched 130! homes of edonky users and confiscated their computers/CDs eg. Ca. 3.500 users will receive a letter from the public prosecutor soon. It seems that all who shared more than 100 songs will be indicted and each will have to pay a few thousand Euro fine. Since this happened on a smaller scale before I stopped sharing MP3s recently, but still use edonky to download software and other stuff. Of couse the same could be happen with software as well, but noone can indict you for downloading cracks e.g. I am not sure, but maybe it's better to move to torrent, since you only share one file at a time. But I am not sure about the safety of using torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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