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Originally Posted by netsyd

While I agree that WGA isn't crap necessarily, I personally think it's a little rediculous and a waste of effort. All WGA does is keep the honest people honest, and the people who would pirate the software are still going to do it and bypass WGA anyway... For me the amount of hoops you have to jump through (being a legal user) is getting annoying. Before you know it, you'll have to have your computer online to even bootup ... that way it can contact Microsoft for authentication/permission to continue the load process. I entered a long keycode to install the OS, then I had to validate that when the installation completed. I think that should be enough, especially when they can flag the code if it has been installed on too many systems.

The WGAVT installs a plugin the first time. Why does it have to take you through the validation process after the plugin has been installed? I would think that it would detect and read the plugin, and bypass the authentication process.

Back to topic . . . Defender is a great app, been using it for a few days now.