https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2007/08/26/microsoft-wga-servers-are-down/ Technology opinions and others Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:13:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2007/08/26/microsoft-wga-servers-are-down/#comment-2619 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:13:10 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2007/08/26/microsoft-wga-servers-are-down/#comment-2619 If we take into account that the WGA system does not completely stop pirates from obtaining full Windows Updates, and that the system produces plenty of errors (like this recent one, or like the more common that leads to a phone call to correct the situation with a Microsoft operator), the overall success track seems a little faint and the result seems quite negative from any point of view.

]]> https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2007/08/26/microsoft-wga-servers-are-down/#comment-2618 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:08:34 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2007/08/26/microsoft-wga-servers-are-down/#comment-2618 According to Microsoft, the black-out was less long than expected initially and there was no more than a little less than 12000 customers wrongfully declared “pirates”. They have been set back into their rightful customer status.

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