Microsoft is gonna nag you ..
Microsoft is gonna nag you ..
Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsIf you're reading this, I think it's safe to assume you're running Windows XP and you're connected to the Internet. Let's also assume that, unlike me, you're using a pirated copy of windows xp. Brother, you're in trouble :)

Well, not immediately, if you're reading this in India ... but you will be ... soon. XP automatically updates itself with patches from Microsoft. Till now, MS has been giving security patches to everybody ... regardless of whether the os was real or not. But the next patch you download, could be the one which checks if your machine runs genuine windows or not .. and if it doesn't it's going to show you something like this:



And you get another little image permanently part of the bottom right hand corner of the screen.



And you'll be nagged regularly with this:



Time to switch to Open Suse?first published:April 26, 2006, 18:27 ISTlast updated:April 26, 2006, 18:27 IST
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If you're reading this, I think it's safe to assume you're running Windows XP and you're connected to the Internet. Let's also assume that, unlike me, you're using a pirated copy of windows xp. Brother, you're in trouble :)

Well, not immediately, if you're reading this in India ... but you will be ... soon. XP automatically updates itself with patches from Microsoft. Till now, MS has been giving security patches to everybody ... regardless of whether the os was real or not. But the next patch you download, could be the one which checks if your machine runs genuine windows or not .. and if it doesn't it's going to show you something like this:

And you get another little image permanently part of the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

And you'll be nagged regularly with this:

Time to switch to Open Suse?

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