[nfbcs] Windows Genuine Advantage Notification question

[pajohns1 at vt.edu]

        From the responses of both Steve & EJ I am guessing I am having a 
buggy install, next time I am prompted I will coose the custom option and 
see if that doesn't clear up the issue.  Thanks for the wonderful help.

Patrick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Windows Genuine Advantage Notification question


>I am guessing that the Windows Advantage validation software is not 
>installing.  I've been asked once on one of my
> computers and that's all.  It is a tool that helps Microsoft validate that 
> your copy of Windows isn't pirated.  In return, you
> get some updates and can download some things that you couldn't if it 
> couldn't be shown that you have a legally
> activated copy.  Some of Microsoft's downloads are really just small stubs 
> that when you install them, go back out to the
> internet to get what they need.  Therefore, even if it has been 
> downloaded, be sure that you have a good internet
> connection even while installing.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Thu, 14 May 2009 19:22:26 -0400, pajohns1 at vt.edu wrote:
>
>>Group,
>
>>        What exactly is Windows Genuine Advantage Notification?  On my XP
>>machine I've been prompted to run updates probably close to a dozen times
>>over the last few weeks and the only thing that appears in the list of the
>>updates is this Windows Genuine Advantage.  At the rate it keeps asking to
>>update I am starting to wonder if the program isn't buggy or worse.
>
>>Thanks,
>
>>Patrick
>
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