[GLLUG] MS's WGA servers fail

[Charles Ulrich]

On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 20:17 -0400, Thomas Hruska wrote:
> 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...)

It looks like Boing Boing updated the story with your info.

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Charles Ulrich
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