Once it was installed as an ActiveX module in C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program
Files. Since I didn't trust it not to be a unique ID readable on the web, I
removed it.

But when I went to Windows Update.... I had to install it again... but this
time I have no idea where it is.

Does anyone know? Thanks!

> Once it was installed as an ActiveX module in C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program
> Files. Since I didn't trust it not to be a unique ID readable on the web, I
> removed it.
>
> But when I went to Windows Update.... I had to install it again... but this
> time I have no idea where it is.
>
> Does anyone know? Thanks!

I don't know why you want this information... The DLL of the Windows
Genuine Advantage is installed in:
C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/LegitCheckControl.DLL

--
|--Julien Landry (thebenke) --|
|--Réparation JL. thebenke@gmail.com --|

"thebenke" wrote:

> I don't know why you want this information... The DLL of the Windows
> Genuine Advantage is installed in:
> C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/LegitCheckControl.DLL

I thought I was pretty clear in my post...... I feel it can be used to
invade one's privacy. I do NOT trust this Validation Program not to contian a
unique ID readable on the web... if not now then in the future. I also don't
feel ANY desire to help MS. I know I paid my $100 for an upgrade to XP. When
I had to activate it, I paid the toll call rather than have that activation
linked to me personally. I don't want this Validation to do though the back
door what I won't let happen though the front.

"thebenke" wrote:
> The DLL of the Windows
> Genuine Advantage is installed in:
> C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/LegitCheckControl.DLL

And I forgot to add... THANKS!!! Apparently this dll was downloaded without
my knowledge last July... probably as part of some Windows update. I don't
know how. I had the automatic update and background intelligent transfer
services shut off.... and was manually picking and choosing the updates I
wanted.

I'm glad to know that I'm not the
only paranoid person in the country.
Bill Gates is reading your disk's data
over your shoulder, too? Where
does he find the time?

"ulTRAX" <ulTRAX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0979BA27-52F7-4E73-A4E8-069887656323@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "thebenke" wrote:
>
>> I don't know why you want this information... The DLL of the
>> Windows
>> Genuine Advantage is installed in:
>> C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/LegitCheckControl.DLL
>
> I thought I was pretty clear in my post...... I feel it can be used
> to
> invade one's privacy. I do NOT trust this Validation Program not to
> contian a
> unique ID readable on the web... if not now then in the future. I
> also don't
> feel ANY desire to help MS. I know I paid my $100 for an upgrade to
> XP. When
> I had to activate it, I paid the toll call rather than have that
> activation
> linked to me personally. I don't want this Validation to do though
> the back
> door what I won't let happen though the front.
>
>
>
>
>

It must be great being a billionaire.

- Winux P

"Uncle Joe" <Uncle Jose@anonymous.net> wrote in message
news:OTVbRChzFHA.664@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| I'm glad to know that I'm not the
| only paranoid person in the country.
| Bill Gates is reading your disk's data
| over your shoulder, too? Where
| does he find the time?
|
| "ulTRAX" <ulTRAX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:0979BA27-52F7-4E73-A4E8-069887656323@microsoft.com...
| >
| >
| > "thebenke" wrote:
| >
| >> I don't know why you want this information... The DLL of the
| >> Windows
| >> Genuine Advantage is installed in:
| >> C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/LegitCheckControl.DLL
| >
| > I thought I was pretty clear in my post...... I feel it can be used
| > to
| > invade one's privacy. I do NOT trust this Validation Program not to
| > contian a
| > unique ID readable on the web... if not now then in the future. I
| > also don't
| > feel ANY desire to help MS. I know I paid my $100 for an upgrade to
| > XP. When
| > I had to activate it, I paid the toll call rather than have that
| > activation
| > linked to me personally. I don't want this Validation to do though
| > the back
| > door what I won't let happen though the front.
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
|
|

I'm thankful to learn that I'm not the
only paranoid person on the planet.
Bill Gates reads your disk's data
over your shoulder, too? When does
he find the time to invade the
privacy of over 200 million Windows
users?! He's an extraordinarily amazing
man. No wonder he's worth billions.

BTW, when you elected to paid the
toll charge to call MS to activate
your system, MS collected your
caller-ID number in their databases.
By now, they know you car's tag number,
your credit score, and whether you prefer
boxers or briefs. Bill knows all!



"ulTRAX" <ulTRAX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0979BA27-52F7-4E73-A4E8-069887656323@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "thebenke" wrote:
>
>> I don't know why you want this information... The DLL of the
>> Windows
>> Genuine Advantage is installed in:
>> C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/LegitCheckControl.DLL
>
> I thought I was pretty clear in my post...... I feel it can be used
> to
> invade one's privacy. I do NOT trust this Validation Program not to
> contian a
> unique ID readable on the web... if not now then in the future. I
> also don't
> feel ANY desire to help MS. I know I paid my $100 for an upgrade to
> XP. When
> I had to activate it, I paid the toll call rather than have that
> activation
> linked to me personally. I don't want this Validation to do though
> the back
> door what I won't let happen though the front.
>
>
>
>
>

I'm not paranoid... but perhaps you're ignorant of the real threats to
privacy on the net so you come up with strawman arguments. Perhaps you don't
remember the outrage about the unique ID# Intel included in early version of
every Pentium 3. It could be read on-line by any site. So much for on-line
anonymity.

Given market pressures any technology that can be abused will be abused.
Perhaps you remember DoubleClick's initial pledge that they did NOT want to
know our identity. They claimed they only wanted to profile an anonymous ID
number to serve us targeted ads. They then decided they violate that
agreement and connect those profiles to real world identities and considered
it all up for sale.

"Uncle Joe" wrote:

> I'm glad to know that I'm not the
> only paranoid person in the country.
> Bill Gates is reading your disk's data
> over your shoulder, too? Where
> does he find the time?
>
> "ulTRAX" <ulTRAX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0979BA27-52F7-4E73-A4E8-069887656323@microsoft.com...
> >
> > I thought I was pretty clear in my post...... I feel it can be used
> > to
> > invade one's privacy. I do NOT trust this Validation Program not to
> > contain a unique ID readable on the web... if not now then in the future.

"Uncle Joe" wrote:

> BTW, when you elected to paid the
> toll charge to call MS to activate
> your system, MS collected your
> caller-ID number in their databases.

Obviously you don't know that Caller ID can be shut off on a call by call
basis... or permanently shut off by calling the phone company.

Now do you have anything intelligent to add?

Didn't think so.

"Uncle Joe" wrote:

> I'm glad to know that I'm not the
> only paranoid person in the country.
> Bill Gates is reading your disk's data
> over your shoulder, too? Where
> does he find the time?

I was once a WebTV user and they were probably the most monitored on-line
population on earth. I created a page documenting that WebTV... now owned by
Bill Gates, COULD look over our shoulders and follow us around as we
surfed... they even bragged about it to advertisers. WebTV's monitoring
extended to even what you scored in games and what web pages you printed.
They could even monitor how the box was used off-line including what TV
programs one watched. They used a behavioral profiling service called
Accipiter.... http://www.flycast.com/

Not that you care but here's the page that documents what was found....
http://webtvexposed.tripod.com/

This site does NOT contain some of the Accipiter profile logs that the
servers "leaked" showing real world names, addresses, phone numbers,
encryption keys etc... and whether they liked hanging out at alt.sex.fecal.

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:36:08 -0700, ulTRAX
<ulTRAX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>real threats to privacy on the net

http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-faq-en.html

Thanks for that site. It's one of the sources on Paladium I have sent my
friends.

Yes, Bill Gate's plans for so called "trusted computing" weave the concept
of invading privacy and corporate DRM enforcement right into the fabric of
the OS itself.

I will never use a TC OS out of principle. I see Linux in my future.

The good news is MS is dragging its feet about including TC in Vista:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09...g_controversy/


"Ed" wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:36:08 -0700, ulTRAX
> <ulTRAX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >real threats to privacy on the net
>
> http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-faq-en.html
>

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:21:45 -0400 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, favored us with...
> BTW, when you elected to paid the
> toll charge to call MS to activate
> your system, MS collected your
> caller-ID number in their databases.

Bzzt! Wrong, but thanks for playing. Even assuming the OP doesn't
have outgoing caller-ID blocked on his line, he can block it on a
per-call basis.

He chose to make a toll call so that the called party would not get
his number through ANI, a different (and older) service. That's what
normally gives the folks at 800/888/877/866 and 900 numbers your
phone number. Unlike Caller ID, ANI cannot be blocked or forged; but
if the recipient isn't paying for the call they don't get the ANI.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"You find yourself amusing, Blackadder."
"I try not to fly in the face of public opinion."