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|    The Real Bev to Some Guy    |
|    Re: XP Genuine advantage    |
|    26 Jun 09 18:57:14    |
      From: bashley101+et@gmail.com              Some Guy wrote:              > all you need to do is get into bittorrent and download the fix for it              Does the fix involve a complete removal? I seem to remember downloading such a       tool a long time ago, but I have no evidence of WGA on my machine and have       never been asked about updates. I do install the malicious software removal       tool just about every time I crank up my machine because I see no reason not       to. I haven't updated IE from 7.x, though. I seem to remember reading       somewhere that IE8 is evil in some way.              > "Will" <1@1.fr> wrote:       >>I keep downloading the update for genuine xp - all our pcs here are xp (and       >>genuine).       >>       >> Is this all necessary - the file changes and 1-2 per month? I'm invited       >> to d/l another 1.5Mb file, x3 machines.       >> - so far I've always said yes, will I miss anything if I make no and       >> ignore?       >>       >> Nothing much on the machines alters, each are updated with MS patches to       >> suite, generally run older IE and older M.Players.              --       Cheers, Bev       **********************************************       "I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have        never experienced any prob              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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