[GLLUG] MS's WGA servers fail

[Thomas Hruska]

Michael Rudas wrote:
> Wow!  Talk about a "single point of failure."  The problem seems to
> have been (mostly) fixed.  Still...
> 
> "Microsoft WGA servers down; XP and Vista installs marked as counterfeit"
> <http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/25/microsoft_wga_server.html>
> 
> -- Mikey

Hmm...interesting.  I wonder if this is directly related to the problems 
Microsoft had/is having:

http://cubicspot.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-update-updating-without.html

(Sequence of events:  Worldwide update occurs -> WGA servers barf -> 
User PCs disabled.  Awfully coincidental...)

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