If you access downloads on the Microsoft Download Center or on the Microsoft Windows Update Web site, you may be prompted to complete the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check process. Etc. Note The Automatic Updates feature is not affected by the WGA validation check. Therefore, you can use the Automatic Updates feature to make sure that you receive critical Windows updates. | |
So we only need this to download things on a website we may never even go to?
And if we eventually would like to download something there, it seems to say that it will prompt us to validate then.
Automatic updates are not affected, so there does not seem to be any reason at all to install this update.
Am I missing something? This seem like a ridiculous intrusion with no clear benefit, and I feel like Microsoft is avoiding the question.