Hmm...well what a surprise - M.S. has resorted to NAG boxes for unlicenced copies of Windows... ::)

Supposedly bad news for pirates then... :-/

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=454715&view=getnewpost

...the bad news for M.S.? ???

The feature is "optional" as part of Windows Update. ;D

Also (and I've verified this myself) it only takes 5 minutes to eradicate this NAG ware from any machine. ;D

I'll not detail the procedure, but it involves deleting 8 files and one registry key. ::)

WOW! Amazing security 'feature' M.S. - LOL! ::)

wrote on 29.04.06 at 17:00:16:

Also (and I've verified this myself) it only takes 5 minutes to eradicate this NAG ware from any machine. ;D I'll not detail the procedure, but it involves deleting 8 files and one registry key. ::) WOW! Amazing security 'feature' M.S. - LOL! ::)

why won't you post the resolution? If someone else posts the solution here, your integrity to this forum will be severely compromised!

I know how to kill this protection... just toss your PC out of the window. I bet it works.

All right go on...

;)

Or install the latest & greatest release of your favourite free unix-like os distro.
(and of course keep a box/partition with W98 on it for voodoos)

I won't post the solution because of the obvious fact that it promotes piracy. ::)

Saying that you can hack a piece of software and PROVIDING the hack are two very different things! :P

People know where to find these hacks (Google is your friend) -  and forum rules clearly state that there will be no links (or otherwise) to any illegal material (even though this particular hack can be argued to be a legal 'gray' area...) ::)

If the admin allows me to post the solution and has no argument against it...then I'll post. ;)

Until then I'll just let people find out themselves... :)