Does XP SP3 install Genuine Advantage?

[Tpex]

Does XP SP3 install Windows Genuine Advantage?

 

[upup]

no, updates do.

 

[Tpex]

shot

 

[hashbrown99]

You need it installed to download and install updates

 

[Tpex]

I never download and install updates, I ether install SPs or AutoUpdate, Anyway there is no more updates for XP

 

[czc]

I still get updates.

 

[killadoob]

There is something like 20 or 30 updates after sp3.

 

[gregmcc]

I never download and install updates, I ether install SPs or AutoUpdate, Anyway there is no more updates for XP

Your contradicting yourself - if you run autoupdate then you do download and install the updates.

Please check your facts before you say there are no more updates for XP!
XP is still supported and MS definitely still releases patches for it.

 

[Tpex]

Your contradicting yourself - if you run autoupdate then you do download and install the updates.

Please check your facts before you say there are no more updates for XP!
XP is still supported and MS definitely still releases patches for it.

Sorry not AutoUpdate I meant AutoPatcher and I heard that that microsoft had stopped supporting XP

 

[gregmcc]

Guess you heard wrong

XP will still be supported (and patches released) until April 2014.

afaik Autopatcher downloads files directly from MS so its pretty much the same things as a windows update.

 

[Milano]

Just turn off updates.

 

[Tpex]

I just don't like those DRM programs and stuff

 

[gregmcc]

Just turn off updates.

I wouldn't recommend that. They release the updates for a reason, not just for the hell of it.

With no updates on your machine as soon as you connect to the net you will get pwned.

 

[Milano]

I wouldn't recommend that. They release the updates for a reason, not just for the hell of it.

With no updates on your machine as soon as you connect to the new you will get pwned.

Highly exaggerated.

 

[Tpex]

I wouldn't recommend that. They release the updates for a reason, not just for the hell of it.

With no updates on your machine as soon as you connect to the new you will get pwned.

Well I don't go to dodgy sites, I know my way around viruses/spyware

And I once found a virus that infects your auto-update and downloads more viruses

So I recon I safe

 

[DJNgoma]

...So I recon I safe

Sees Conflicker's next victim.

WGA and OGA haven't ever bothered me.

 

[Tpex]

wanna bet? been virus free for 3 years

 

[Tpex]

Catching A virus is like being mugged, If you are aware of whats happening around you and take the necessary precautions, the chances of it happening reduce drastically

 

[d0b33]

I've been running SP3 vanilla since it's been released, no need to update, it runs in a virtual machine.

 

[Tpex]

I've been running SP3 vanilla since it's been released, no need to update, it runs in a virtual machine.

Ubuntu user?