Comments on: WGA & Homicidal Tendancies http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html Vlad Mazek on IT, Business and Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sophie http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-4875 Sophie Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:17:20 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-4875 It gets better, seems my MSDN membership has been stopped as well, Thanks to Phil Liu. So when he bans angry customers from the WGA forum, the Ban is more widespread it would seem. I suppose he will be banning paid subscribers as well, While of course not allowing refunds. Are we going to find de-activations of people's computers if Phil gets a little upset next? It gets better, seems my MSDN membership has been stopped as well, Thanks to Phil Liu. So when he bans angry customers from the WGA forum, the Ban is more widespread it would seem. I suppose he will be banning paid subscribers as well, While of course not allowing refunds.

Are we going to find de-activations of people’s computers if Phil gets a little upset next?

]]> By: Sophie http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-4668 Sophie Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:00:25 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-4668 Well Phil Liu barred me from the WGA forum for simply asking awkward (But legitimate) questions. Will the questions I asked ever be answered by Microsoft? I think not. Well Phil Liu barred me from the WGA forum for simply asking awkward (But legitimate) questions.

Will the questions I asked ever be answered by Microsoft? I think not.

]]> By: Phil Liu MSFT http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-4076 Phil Liu MSFT Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:28:37 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-4076 Vlad, you can send it to that address. It will be forwarded to me and routed appropriately. -phil Vlad, you can send it to that address. It will be forwarded to me and routed appropriately.

-phil

]]> By: to wga failure http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-3747 to wga failure Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:42:47 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-3747 If you look, "WGA Failure", they've helped more than many a users, legitimate or not.. You probably were doing something offensive. If you look, “WGA Failure”, they’ve helped more than many a users, legitimate or not.. You probably were doing something offensive.

]]> By: WGA Failure http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-3696 WGA Failure Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:33:46 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-3696 Phil Liu, the MSFT forum moderator of the Microsoft WGA Validation Problems forum is regularly censoring postings and banning posters from that forum. Even though he purports to be the Microsoft technical support person for WGA validation problems and is the one who posts the most, he has rarely helped anyone with their WGA Validation problem. When he can't fix the problem, he either ignores it or tells the problem poster that they are mistaken about it being a WGA problem. When anyone is logically critical of Microsoft, he doesn't discuss, he deletes the posting and, sometimes, bans the poster. Way to go Microshaft! Phil Liu, the MSFT forum moderator of the Microsoft WGA Validation Problems forum is regularly censoring postings and banning posters from that forum. Even though he purports to be the Microsoft technical support person for WGA validation problems and is the one who posts the most, he has rarely helped anyone with their WGA Validation problem. When he can’t fix the problem, he either ignores it or tells the problem poster that they are mistaken about it being a WGA problem. When anyone is logically critical of Microsoft, he doesn’t discuss, he deletes the posting and, sometimes, bans the poster. Way to go Microshaft!

]]> By: Mike http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-3515 Mike Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:10:24 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-3515 Wow, After looking through the links to Vlad's prior announcment, all the comments there, all the comments here, and looking at the Microsoft boards, wow is all I have to say. I have yet to deal with this issue personally, but the lack of qualified answers from Microsoft are not surprising to me. The idea that an MVP on the MS boards keeps answering with a different way of say "Microsft doesn't care about your concerns" is troubling but not surprising. Most MVPs that I have delt with seem to be that way. The fact that Susan brought up Ramon's issue and herself is getting the runarround is disturbing also. And Microsoft wonders why it is looked at as an evil creature by so many. Maybe if it actually cared about the "Service" it provided then it would be looked at differently. Maybe we all need to start putting more pressure on MS together, instead of witing for the next guy to do it. Wow,

After looking through the links to Vlad’s prior announcment, all the comments there, all the comments here, and looking at the Microsoft boards, wow is all I have to say.

I have yet to deal with this issue personally, but the lack of qualified answers from Microsoft are not surprising to me. The idea that an MVP on the MS boards keeps answering with a different way of say “Microsft doesn’t care about your concerns” is troubling but not surprising. Most MVPs that I have delt with seem to be that way.

The fact that Susan brought up Ramon’s issue and herself is getting the runarround is disturbing also.

And Microsoft wonders why it is looked at as an evil creature by so many. Maybe if it actually cared about the “Service” it provided then it would be looked at differently.

Maybe we all need to start putting more pressure on MS together, instead of witing for the next guy to do it.

]]> By: Aaron Smith http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-3513 Aaron Smith Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:32:11 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-3513 Also, this is not just my pain but a huge concern that they are not addressing these problems. Which means that the pultry 10% they quote is going to keep on showing up. I just want a fix. Either that, or provide a WGA Removal tool of your own that I can run once my copy is proven to be genuine. Also, this is not just my pain but a huge concern that they are not addressing these problems. Which means that the pultry 10% they quote is going to keep on showing up. I just want a fix. Either that, or provide a WGA Removal tool of your own that I can run once my copy is proven to be genuine.

]]> By: Aaron Smith http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-3512 Aaron Smith Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:30:47 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-3512 So whats the solution here? We're not supposed to use RemoveWGA and have a forum of Microsoft WGA developers/support that will help us figure out why their software is not working? I'm sorry Vlad but how is this not a beta product? I don't care who you want to give a book to or who you think needs to apologize nor do I want to hear from these people. I just do not want to have my system compromised by Microsoft which is whats happening here. So whats the solution here? We’re not supposed to use RemoveWGA and have a forum of Microsoft WGA developers/support that will help us figure out why their software is not working?

I’m sorry Vlad but how is this not a beta product? I don’t care who you want to give a book to or who you think needs to apologize nor do I want to hear from these people. I just do not want to have my system compromised by Microsoft which is whats happening here.

]]> By: Mike White http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-3503 Mike White Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:41:20 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-3503 Q about that forum site... Is this what Robert Rebholz was talking about on the SBS Show? How they are replacing newsgroups with the board site? Looks pretty neat. Q about that forum site…

Is this what Robert Rebholz was talking about on the SBS Show? How they are replacing newsgroups with the board site?

Looks pretty neat.

]]> By: Edgar http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html/comment-page-1#comment-3502 Edgar Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:16:38 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/wga-homicidal-tendancies.html#comment-3502 Interesting site, it claims that most issues are with other Windows components. Interesting... What I still want to know is why we were not given a head start like web based genuine or just decline updates to computers that fail it. Instead they basically put spyware/nagware on their legitimately licensed customers. Check this post out: http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=593822&SiteID=25 Interesting site, it claims that most issues are with other Windows components. Interesting… What I still want to know is why we were not given a head start like web based genuine or just decline updates to computers that fail it. Instead they basically put spyware/nagware on their legitimately licensed customers.

Check this post out:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=593822&SiteID=25

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