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KB905474 (WGA Notification Tool) no longer offered via WU/MU/AU - why? Permanently? RRS feed

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    I'm sorry if the question has been asked and answered previously, but I couldn't find the info yet.

    Since early October 2006, the famous KB905474 (WGA Notification Tool) obviously is no longer offered to machines via Windows/Microsoft/Auto Update (at least for German Windows XP SP2 systems). I wonder, whether that's related to the server issues which occured at around the same time.

    So the question is, why in fact KB905474 isn't offered any longer and if that's a permanent change.

    Thanks,
    Freudi

    Thursday, November 2, 2006 5:03 AM

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    There was/is a classaction lawsuit because the wga reported to microsoft once a day or more. Microsft reportedly changed it to report once every 2 days.
    Even with the adjusted reporting timeframe, it was deamed as spywear..  Yes, even if unintentional, just like free speach,
    software that reports back to supplyer without user notification is spyware.

    Saturday, November 25, 2006 2:50 AM