Integrate hotfixes on a XP that might not pass WGA

[Madman]

Can I integrate hotfixes that requiers WGA check when I download them? even if user uses a key that is not valid.

Since they are installed from the CD, it shouldn't be any problem, but I want somebody to confirm that it is possible

Thank you

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Can I ask a question?

WHY WOULD WE HELP YOU WITH ILLEGAL COPIES OF WINDOWS????

[MrJinje]

Yes of course, Microsoft encourages software pirates to update their clients and fully supports automatic updates even on pirated systems. This is not a joke.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/te...urity-updates/1

The only limitation is that you will not be able to get Optional Updates, only updates deemed critical are provided. This has been since the XP days.

Users of pirated copies of Windows take heed: you should stay current on all Microsoft security patches just like everybody else.

Microsoft has long had a policy of giving Windows pirates a free pass to download security patches. Yet many of the tens of millions of Windows pirates worldwide may not be aware of this policy, nor trust that Microsoft won't try to somehow penalize them, says Chester Wisniewski, security analyst at Sophos.

"I preach that users should trust Redmond for their word on this one, and that infected pirated copies of Windows are not doing anyone any good, especially Microsoft," says Wisniewski. "It hurts their reputation and, piracy or not, people should feel obligated to do their part for a safer Internet."

Edited February 10, 2010 by MrJinje

[cluberti]

Well true - but NO *required* updates are protected by WGA. If the update requires a WGA check, it's likely a tool or optional update, and as such you should have an OS that's legit. However, MrJinje is correct - the WGA check on *almost all* packages is only for the download itself - there are only a select few packages that will actually do the WGA check when running (like Microsoft Security Essentials, for instance) that would fail.

I would, however, strongly encourage of course the continued education of your users (I assume this is a repair-type CD you're talking about, given the language of the original post) that using a legitimate copy of Windows is good for them in the long run, for situations just like this. There's no 100% guarantee Microsoft will continue to cater to pirates, and if that stops happening people with pirated installations (intentional or just a victim of a scam) will all be in a pretty bad place.

[Ponch]

Additionally, if "the user" is a third person, you are also violating the EULA of the software you're requiring help for.

nLite is for personal use only.

[Madman]

Thanks for the help

It's a repair CD for me and my friends.

My friends lacks the skills to install XP, and maintaning it...

So I make personal CD's for each of them. And I plan to have it fully update with hotfixes, and their drivers added.

So I easily can re-install their PC.

As for the key, I use the one they give me. How they got it, I don't know and don't care.

My goal is to have a easy install and a secure and updated PC.

[cluberti]

What you might want to do is give them an XP SP3 slipstreamed disc without a key, and download/slipstream all of the WGA fixes from your (legitimate) installation. That way you have one specific XP recovery CD you've made, and they can enter their key, timezone, etc. during the GUI installation.

[Madman]

What you might want to do is give them an XP SP3 slipstreamed disc without a key, and download/slipstream all of the WGA fixes from your (legitimate) installation. That way you have one specific XP recovery CD you've made, and they can enter their key, timezone, etc. during the GUI installation.

Good idea.

Was caught up in my idea, that I never thought of this.

Thanks, I/They can enter the stuff just like you said, no need for me to add it for them.