[pchelpers] Re: Microsof bug?

>> I got a strange query today. Woman had aPC built privately and it has XP pro 
>> on it and today she got an update request and so she did just as she has for 
>> the past 18 months. This time however, it informs her that she may have an 
>> illegal copy and no further updates are available.  Now she isn't worried 
>> about whether it is legal or not, it works and she paid to have the PC 
>> built. what she is concerned about is the pop up every tine she boots 
>> telling her she may have an illegal copy. She wants to know how she rids 
>> herself of it. She went into add/remove programs and deleted the relevant 
>> things from the reg, but the warning came up and told her that the pop up 
>> would still work.  She's ran A2d and Addaware etc. So how does she get rid 
>> of this annoyance?
>> Billy
>>     

What has happened is that her system has been Tattooed.

This is something that MS is now doing when an illegal copy gets updated.
They are hoping to shame people into making them legal.
Can you see that message flashing across your screen with a customer
standing there, or your boss or parents?

Pc



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