TSGL: The pirates are being shot

[The Computer Whisperer]

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On 05/09/06, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> 2 of my friends have over the last few days rung me to say that on reboot
> of XP they are getting a message from Microsoft indicating the use of a
> non-uauthorised version of XP.
>
> In both cases they have OEM versions, presumably unregistered, on 2nd-hand
> computers.  I have checked startups, and looked through the usual registry
> Run entries on one of the computers, but cannot find where this message may
> be originating.
>
> I'm wondering if Ms has suddenly opted for a rootkit to originate these
> messages.
>
> One had his XP on auto-updates which I've now disabled--presumably that's
> how these messages started. The other had tried to download a piece of
> software from the Ms site.
>
> The messages are no more than a mild annoyance on startup, and seem to be a
> new addition to the usual validation procedure.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how they can eliminate these messages?
>
> Don Penlington
>  From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny Queensland.
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>
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