Just wondering if anybody knows or has any ideas on whether SP3 will have WGA built into it.

EDIT: meaning that only genuine copies of windows can install sp3

Edited September 13, 200619 yr by cumminbk

i'd imagine so, xp's so cheap now there's no excuse to not have a legal copy

Even if it does it'll be cracked just like WGA has been.

SP2 already had such a check, if I remember correctly...

Even if it does it'll be cracked just like WGA has been.

SP2 already had such a check, if I remember correctly...

Correct, SP2 wouldn't install on a machine that doesn't have a legit copy of win xp.

but i guess you can overcome any of this by just slipstreaming sp3 into a pirate copy of xp...

Just wondering if anybody knows or has any ideas on whether SP3 will have WGA built into it.

EDIT: meaning that only genuine copies of windows can install sp3

I will laugh if Microsoft overlooks this... Which I doubt...

Nevertheless, I have a valid key, so I don't have anything to worry about!

I have a valid key, but what really bothers me that Microsoft decided to put in a script that "phones home" when you boot into XP.

I hope they don't put WGA into SP3, but I bet they will.

From my understandings, SP3 will be a sum of all updates to the date of release. Since I am up to date with windows update, why bother installing SP3? Of course, it has some other rewritten files too, isn't it?

Edited September 15, 200619 yr by nitroshift