XP SP3 Is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog Comment What we found was that the Service Pack was at least partially dependent on the WGA "security patch" having to be relatively fresh. When I finally decided to use the SP3 Windows Update service, I deliberately only allowed WGA and the Windows...
[June 23, 2008, 9:50]
"♬ Service Pack 3 Done Give Me The Blues♬♬"
Blog I''ll bet you a box of donuts that the combination of the WGA crap and a late update to Windows Installer is what kills SP3 as a complete install. SP2 didn't require WGA to work right. But she ain't virgin anymore, she's got WGA crap on her.
[June 17, 2008, 1:44]
Ya Need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah Buddy. I Got Ya Servicepack3 Right Here!
Blog Comment Although I haven't had a chance to verify it, my opinion is that at some point you have to expose the SP2 install to a WGA download and install from some time after the first of the year (2008). In any case more to come on this Microsoft WGA...
[June 18, 2008, 9:23]
Evidently There's A Rattled Cage In Redmond.
Blog The updates for SP2 included a WGA "update" and an update to Windows Update itself that was listed after most of the 90+ updates were previously installed. Those were added before the WGA and the Windows Update patches were installed.
[July 30, 2008, 0:57]
“Virtually” Dead In The Water
Blog I connected to Windows Update and of course VPC passed its WGA test AGAIN! Well its doing it again. I am re-discovering the joys of running Virtual PC 2007 on a P4 2.6GHz with 1 GB of ram. Not fast enough or enough space.
[August 2, 2008, 20:23]
Finally My Last Words On XP SP3, (yeah Right, You Hope So!)
Blog It will attempt to install an Active X object that turns out to be the WGA, the Windows Greatest Aggravation and it will decide whether or not your computer is legit. BTW this is being entered into the blog using FireFox 3, I managed to get one of...
[June 18, 2008, 19:43]
Microsoft Releases Vista Updates
News Users must validate their version of Vista with Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) — a Microsoft mechanism to protect against the illegal copying of its software — to receive the updates. Microsoft has released two updates for Windows Vista.
[August 9, 2007, 10:36]
