Why, Microsoft, why?
I've been getting little annoying bubbles in the bottom right corner of my screen saying that I need to install updates. Figuring that it wasn't anything too harmful, I relented this morning and decided to install whatever Microsoft had been bugging me about.
The updates had something to do with verifying that I had a legitimate copy of Windows XP (Olin IT doesn't use sketchy warez, right?). After the updates installed, the installation thing opened a page in Firefox that read the following:
Your current browser cannot run the ActiveX control required by the genuine Windows validation process.
Let's try validating a different way:
1. Click Validate Now to run the genuine Windows validation application.
2. When prompted, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
Validate Now
ActiveX? So, if I install the portal to all kinds of spyware and malware on my computer I can validate that it's a genuine copy of XP? I dunno, I just find it sad and somewhat amusing at the same time.
The updates had something to do with verifying that I had a legitimate copy of Windows XP (Olin IT doesn't use sketchy warez, right?). After the updates installed, the installation thing opened a page in Firefox that read the following:
Your current browser cannot run the ActiveX control required by the genuine Windows validation process.
Let's try validating a different way:
1. Click Validate Now to run the genuine Windows validation application.
2. When prompted, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
Validate Now
ActiveX? So, if I install the portal to all kinds of spyware and malware on my computer I can validate that it's a genuine copy of XP? I dunno, I just find it sad and somewhat amusing at the same time.