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Old 11-29-2006   #7 (permalink)
Kristan Kenney


 
 

Re: WGA and Aero Glass

Microsoft have finally figured out how to work a decent anti-piracy system,
although you can bet your dollar that it will wind up being cracked sooner
or later.

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Kristan Kenney
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"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:upLJDcCFHHA.4580@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I know what it means OK, I just think it is interesting that WGA drives
>Aero. No validation, no Glass. Cute, eh?
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> "Kristan Kenney" <km.kenney@ns.nospam.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:Oq61bRCFHHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Colin,
>>
>> I believe what they mean by this is that if you are running a non-Genuine
>> copy of Microsoft Windows that Windows Aero will be turned off and the
>> system will revert to the Windows Vista Basic interface.
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>> Kristan Kenney
>> Windows Live Butterfly
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>> News and Experiences on Windows Vista and beyond:
>> http://www.windows-now.com
>>
>> This post is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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>> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:ObaH$MCFHHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> This is an interesting comment from the Product Guide (p. 28):
>>>
>>> "Windows Aero offers Microsoft Genuine Advantage customers a premium
>>> user experience on PCs with graphics hardware that supports WDDM."
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>> Colin Barnhorst - MVP (Virtual Machine)
>>>

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