Russell McMahon wrote: >>> It is permanentware, or something like that. Excuse my bad English. >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/spyware_lesson/ >> Very ominous, very worrisome. Looks like more MS shenannigans. >> and I thought it would get better as Gates bails out. It won't. > Disabling code here > http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/28/microsoft_genuine_ad.html ...but if WGA allready puts a "NOT Genuine XP" banner, 1. Start pc from OEM CD 2. del c:\winnt\system32\wga* 3. del c:\winnt\wga*.exe 4. Restart the PC. Problem solved. Dennis Crawley Argentina(6) -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist