10 responses to “Windows Genuine Advantage lawsuit fizzles out”

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   john February 13th, 2010 at 14:42

   after you install this update can you uninstall it i installed it and would like to unistall it will there be any traces of it left behind when uninstalled?

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   woody February 13th, 2010 at 21:02

   John -

   I would be very, very surprised if you could uninstall it.

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   john February 13th, 2010 at 21:16

   thats what i thought i uninstalled the update anyway

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   john February 13th, 2010 at 21:18

   a reformat would get rid of it yes?

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   woody February 14th, 2010 at 16:45

   John -

   It isn’t clear to me which version of WAT you would get if you re-install Windows.

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   john February 15th, 2010 at 00:41

   Update for Rights Management Services Client for Windows 7 (KB979099)

   Download size: 1.0 MB

   this is what i uninstalled from windows update should i reinstall it?

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   EP February 15th, 2010 at 08:30

   it depends on what version of Windows you are using, john.

   Under WinXP, WGAN (wga notifications) is relatively easy to remove if WGAN was somehow installed. xp-Antispy is one tool that not only disables WGA checks but removes the WGAN files.

   WAT is only included in Win7, woody.

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   woody February 15th, 2010 at 10:24

   John -

   Just a note on EP’s comment – XP-Antispy is the notorious piece of crapware.

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   woody February 15th, 2010 at 10:24

   John -

   Don’t worry about re-installing it for now. Wait until the MS-DEFCON level gets back to normal…

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    john February 15th, 2010 at 20:26

    is it needed to continue with windows 7?