"Windows Genuine Advantage...." System Update?

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Just re-imaged my home PC and a Windows update that I've been
avoiding all year slipped through.

Something like "Windows Genuine Advantage something-or-other"

Just the name sounds ominous to me - practically pegs my BS
meter.

Am I worrying over nothing?

Can anybody elucidate?
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PeteCresswell
 
You don't need to worry if you have a legal version of XP. I have never had
a problem with the Genuine Advantage updates myself. It just checks to be
sure you have a legal version of windows.
Neil

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> Just re-imaged my home PC and a Windows update that I've been
> avoiding all year slipped through.
>
> Something like "Windows Genuine Advantage something-or-other"
>
> Just the name sounds ominous to me - practically pegs my BS
> meter.
>
> Am I worrying over nothing?
>
> Can anybody elucidate?
> --
> PeteCresswell
 
Per neil:
>You don't need to worry if you have a legal version of XP. I have never had
>a problem with the Genuine Advantage updates myself. It just checks to be
>sure you have a legal version of windows.

That's kinda what I figured.

Anybody know how to kill it?

I don't know if my version of windows is legal or not. I layed
out a grand or so for the MSN developer discs and it came from
one of them - but there's been a lot of water over the dam since
then.
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PeteCresswell
 
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