MS Update Set To Check For Authentication

Interesting developments in Redmond. They have decided to go ahead with plans to include an update next week that will check your system to make sure you have a valid copy of Windows. Yes, they have done this before however, this time its different. They have decided to "nag" customers into purchasing a valid license for the software. I can understand their desire for people to legitimize their operating system. However I can see this as causing a good deal of grief and anxiety for users who perhaps purchased a used computer, or bought from a vendor who did not offer them a legitimized copy.

So, stay tuned on this one, there could be a good deal of backlash from this. Also, you can prevent the download by switching to manual download, and preventing update #KB970133 from downloading. If you do download it, there is no way to uninstall it. If you have a legitimate copy, you have nothing to worry about. If you're not sure, you might not want to download this update. There is a very good explaination of this on Lauren Weinstein's Security Blog