Windows Activation Technologies Update for Windows 7.

[royal tyrant]

This is weird for me also,ive ran the update tool a couple times these last few days,got the same updates as everyone else here but this wat update has never came through or shown up and i have not installed it already,im from scotland btw.

 

[severedsolo]

severedsolo

royal tyrant if you really want it then its here: http://download.microsoft.com/downl...8430-A67417AA88CD/WindowsActivationUpdate.exe

 

[royal tyrant]

Thanks for the link,got it installed now,i see no problems with this,and i personally dont blame microsoft for wanting to protect their windows and users,infact i support it,people who dont install this must have a reason and for them that dont install it,if it does come with sp1 later then unless you dont want security fixes and a safe stable operating system then im afraid you will be left out in the cold.

 

[Joan Archer]

Mine hasn't come through Windows Update yet either, I had four yesterday and one today which was the browser choice update, along with the usual MSE def updates.

I'm not worried by it and also think Microsoft has every right to protect it's software, they are a company after all and have to pay their employees, they can't do that if everyone steals their products.

 

[fseal]

Mine showed up this tuesday, automatically unselected. They may be doing a staggered rollout to check for problems. I installed it and no trouble so far.

 

[sanford]

What good is this for a legal consumer?

How does this help my pc run better?

What am I missing here?

 

[sdmfer]

What good is this for a legal consumer?

How does this help my pc run better?

What am I missing here?

I have the exact question....

 

[Wishmaster]

If someone was to steal your legit key and tries to use it.

I guess it would possibly protect you in this situation.

 

[fseal]

It doesn't.

It's copy protection, just like all games and most other more expensive software has.

Marketing may try to spin some thin ideas about protecting you from being ripped off by system integrators with pirated copies but in reality it's just plain old copy protection.

If people would simply stop stealing things just because, well we woldn't need locks on our houses or keys for our cars...

IMHO I think it's a bad way to go actually. If they managed to actually get a 100% lock on all copies I think in 5-10years they'd be out of the OS buisness myself. It just gives people a reason to use something else and get used to it (even though it does suck mightily). After a while why go back? Your now used to having less, the search crashes every time you use it, It's ugly as sin, but it's free. Well they've just lost a costomer (or a million) for life at that point.

That Star Wars quote of Lea to Darth sums it up pretty well

 

[FZ21Z]

Well they've just lost a costomer (or a million) for life at that point.

If someone hasn't paid for their operating system in the first place, they haven't lost anything, as their was never going to be any revenue to be had in the first place.

 

[fseal]

Someone in their youth that steals and uses windows for years will then later buy a computer (or 10) with windows installed or buy it and install it themselves when they enter the work force and have money and a conscious. (Most people clean up their act after they enter the work force and realize that you have to work to earn and their very livving often depends on other people not ripping them off)

Even Bill Gates understood this and is often quoted as saying such. (Though he was also one of the first to realize that software was a ton of work and was worth being paid for!)

But if someone switches to another OS and uses that through their "formitable years" they may NOT buy a computer with windows on it ever. Most people get pretty set in their ways...

The lesson is: Make it inconvieninent enough to not copy that a normally honest person won't just install it on 50 computers at work and all their friends houses. But don't bother with the lower 5% of determented hackers which will consume 95% of your enforcement time and in the end merely cause you to lose future sales anyway.

And basically the reg code+activation mechanism does that job nicely. Tightnening the grip with this WAT stuff could backfire.

I really like Microsoft products, so I get more upset at them for "going astray" than a lot of haters do I think they do about 95% right, they just need to fix the 5% wrong. (IMHO! )

 

[sanford]

I still don't see any benefit to me installing the update (zero)....

I completely understand the benefit to MS

 

[fseal]

At some point in the future you will likely be locked out of some or all updates.

Till then though nothing, other than curiosity possibly

 

[sanford]

How can that possibly be considered as a benefit?

The ability to update is a good thing

 

[CarlTR6]

people who dont install this must have a reason and for them that dont install it

In two words, false positives. They happen and it has happened to me in the past with completely legitimate XP OS and software programs.

 

[napilopez]

Anybody here gotten false alarms yet? I haven't read through the thread yet. Mine told me my copy wasn't genuine, when it is, lol. But in any case I'm really happy MS is allowing you to remove and uninstall the update, and let those with it to still use their computers relatively fine.

EDIT: LOL someone just mentioned what I was saying as I was typing. Yea, false positive here, it's quite annoying.

 

[napilopez]

Edit:

Neeevverrrmind. I tried uninstalling the update and even doing a system restore(it makes a restore point upon installation of the update) and it's still saying my copy isn't genuine. I don't even know where my product key is. Gahhh. Now I'm annoyed.

 

[CarlTR6]

That is what happened to me with XP and I have not installed this one yet.

 

[cloud8521]

Edit:

Neeevverrrmind. I tried uninstalling the update and even doing a system restore(it makes a restore point upon installation of the update) and it's still saying my copy isn't genuine. I don't even know where my product key is. Gahhh. Now I'm annoyed.

most people who has this and had this problem used the new make genuine feature that looks to see if it is fixable or not, 100% of what i have read have been fixed by it. have you done that? never-mind i just read your other post, apparently you are part of the 100% also

 

[glon]

This update is still not available for me through Windows Update.