WGA and Aero Glass

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Colin Barnhorst

This is an interesting comment from the Product Guide (p. 28):

"Windows Aero offers Microsoft Genuine Advantage customers a premium user
experience on PCs with graphics hardware that supports WDDM."
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
This is an interesting comment from the Product Guide (p. 28):

"Windows Aero offers Microsoft Genuine Advantage customers a premium user
experience on PCs with graphics hardware that supports WDDM."
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Indeed, apparently if the WGA check fails Aero is disabled.

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Colin,

I believe what they mean by this is that if you are running a non-Genuine
copy of Microsoft Windows that Windows Aero will be turned off and the
system will revert to the Windows Vista Basic interface.

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I believe so. If I remember correctly, it has been mentioned in the official
document (for which I couldn't find) for what are among reduced
functionalities.


Kristan Kenney said:
Colin,

I believe what they mean by this is that if you are running a non-Genuine
copy of Microsoft Windows that Windows Aero will be turned off and the
system will revert to the Windows Vista Basic interface.

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Windows Live Butterfly

News and Experiences on Windows Vista and beyond:
http://www.windows-now.com

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I know what it means OK, I just think it is interesting that WGA drives
Aero. No validation, no Glass. Cute, eh?

Kristan Kenney said:
Colin,

I believe what they mean by this is that if you are running a non-Genuine
copy of Microsoft Windows that Windows Aero will be turned off and the
system will revert to the Windows Vista Basic interface.

--
Kristan Kenney
Windows Live Butterfly

News and Experiences on Windows Vista and beyond:
http://www.windows-now.com

This post is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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I know, I thought that was interesting too. Kinda like, kids, you're
grounded from color TV. Black and white is fine, but no color till you get
your grades up.

Rich

Colin Barnhorst said:
I know what it means OK, I just think it is interesting that WGA drives
Aero. No validation, no Glass. Cute, eh?
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Microsoft have finally figured out how to work a decent anti-piracy system,
although you can bet your dollar that it will wind up being cracked sooner
or later.

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Colin Barnhorst said:
I know what it means OK, I just think it is interesting that WGA drives
Aero. No validation, no Glass. Cute, eh?
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The behavior of reduced functionality mode in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925582/en-us

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| I know what it means OK, I just think it is interesting that WGA drives
| Aero. No validation, no Glass. Cute, eh?
 
Am I missing something here? I thought if one didn't
activate/register/whatever within the allotted time, that Vista would not
allow access to the OS... is that wrong? If not, what difference does Aero
make in that equation?

Not being disagreeable... just wondering...

Lang

Colin Barnhorst said:
I know what it means OK, I just think it is interesting that WGA drives
Aero. No validation, no Glass. Cute, eh?
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lol-till it invalidates you-then lets see how ya feel

Kristan Kenney said:
Microsoft have finally figured out how to work a decent anti-piracy
system, although you can bet your dollar that it will wind up being
cracked sooner or later.

--
Kristan Kenney
Windows Live Butterfly

News and Experiences on Windows Vista and beyond:
http://www.windows-now.com

This post is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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Kristan said:
Microsoft have finally figured out how to work a decent anti-piracy
system, although you can bet your dollar that it will wind up being
cracked sooner or later.
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Microsoft has finally figured out how to completely alienate their
paying customers and Vista's and XP's draconian and arrogant "anti
piracy" programs will be the best thing for Linux in years. If I hand
over my hard earned cash for a product, I should not be made to prove
that it is legit over and over again.

The ironic thing is that it doesn't affect piracy one iota because as
soon as MS comes up with another anti piracy program, it's cracked the
next day.

I wasn't even considering Linux until WGA made the scene. So, they've
lost me and my three computers and everyone I come in contact with.
That's how bad PR works.

Alias
 
Alias said:
That url doesn't work with Fire Fox so, unless you're willing to use IE,
you can't read it. The little I could read only proves that MS is
arrogant and assumes all its customers are thieves.

Alias
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I just read it with SeaMonkey 1.0.6 (a Mozilla/Gecko engine derivative
like FF) - so switch to SM;-)

yoR
 
Roy said:
I just read it with SeaMonkey 1.0.6 (a Mozilla/Gecko engine derivative
like FF) - so switch to SM;-)

yoR
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Or I could add the IE extension to FF but I have no real inclination to
do it as I still have IE6 and it works fine for IE only pages. Once I
switch over to Ubuntu completely, I may very well either add the
extension or download SeaMonkey.

Alias
 
Hi,

Am Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:21:26 +0100 schrieb Alias:
Or I could add the IE extension to FF but I have no real inclination to
do it as I still have IE6 and it works fine for IE only pages. Once I
switch over to Ubuntu completely, I may very well either add the
extension or download SeaMonkey.

Alias
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the page works fine for me (Firefox 2.0, WinXP); it is displayed correctly.
So it's not a general Firefox issue.

Torsten
 
Hello!

Alias said:
Or I could add the IE extension to FF but I have no real inclination to
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Seamonkey is not FF with IE extension - that's Netscape capability
(it can use both Trident and Gecko for rendering)

BTW, I tried with Firefox 2 and the above mentioned page is OK
Maybe you have installed one of the problematic Firefox extensions.
switch over to Ubuntu completely, I may very well either add the http://www.beranger.org/index.php?fullarticle=2022

if Novell has shown how non-ethical its dealings can be,
Shark Muddleworth has unmasked himself through a single mail!
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Regards, Roman
 
If Ubuntu is so good, how come you have not switched over completely
already? Maybe you should look for a more capable Linux variant, Suse 10.1,
for instance..
 
Just like having a door lock on your front door proves to everyone who
visits you that ***you*** believe that THEY are a thief.

Your draconian and arrogant "anti theft" methods are certain to alienate
those who come to your home.

Anti-theft measures keep an honest person honest. They do not necessarily
prevent thievery and loss!



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