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besides Omegatron, who has been having trouble with this sofar?
i haven't, it is working just as it should, if i ever have a problem then i can give Microsoft my P.O.P. hopfully it will get me a new key. that is if i even have trouble.
Then you can help me collect the data I need for my next attempt at installing it.
First I need to know if it shows up in your IE8 addons? (screenshot?) If it shows up in your hotfix list? Anything else that will help to identify if it's installed just in case it messes up on my test PC that I'm currently in the process of building...
Guys, the update doesn't get it's release on WU until 02/23/2010. It has only been available recently as a manual download off their site. As for the update itself...there are already reports of it flagging legit systems. Your best bet is to turn off AUTOMATIC updates then manually search for the update (KB971033) and hide it. I predict this is going to be a nightmare for MS and they're going to have to pull the update.
Besides it's already been hacked. Nice job MS. Even if they decided to release it with SP1 how long does one think it will be before someone sifts it out then uploads the SP for download without WAT. In TWO words: Not long.
Talk about alienating your customers. To finally put out an OS that rivals XP only to bring old problems back.
Think of all the OEM serials out there that were leaked...this is going to cause A LOT of issues for legit customers not to mention problems for MS.
Last edited by Udidwht; 23 Feb 2010 at 00:18. Reason: update info
No, just tried it, but it doesn't appear like it does in Firefox, but that is just with running the online tool here - Genuine Microsoft Software.
It wouldn't show up in IE because it can query the Windows Update 'WUWebControl' and 'MUWebControl' directly and their hard-coded into Internet Explorer not to show up as an addon.
It also installs a new service called "Windows Activation Technologies Service"
It also installs a driver I think, I saw something install a driver for ?? during the install in Process Hacker's log
Edit:
24/02/2010 1:16:11 AM: New Process: drvinst.exe (PID 4368) started by svchost.exe (PID 668)
24/02/2010 1:16:12 AM: Terminated Process: drvinst.exe (PID 4368)
24/02/2010 1:16:16 AM: New Process: wuauclt.exe (PID 4276) started by svchost.exe (PID 944)
24/02/2010 1:16:37 AM: New Service: WatAdminSvc (Win32OwnProcess) (Windows Activation Technologies Service)