Author: Hendrik Boom Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] Microsoft upgrades Windows 7 to 10 without permission
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 05:31:37PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:27:14 +0000
> David Harrison <david@???> wrote:
>
> > On 16/03/2016 10:49, dng-request@??? wrote:
> > > I Dropped back to 7, created a .exe that simply returns to OS, and
> > > then replaced c:\Windows\system32\GWX\GWX.exe and
> > > c\Windows\SysWOW64\GWX\GWX.exe with my NOP code.
> >
> > Would it be possible to share that .exe off-list? It would come in
> > very handy with killing the nags on my own Win7 box.
>
> WARNING: Regardless of David's intent, which I assume is benign, the
> preceding paragraph is solicitation to commit felony copyright
> infringement. Nobody should email proprietary software to others,
> without a written OK from the copyright holder. This kind of request
> should never be made on any kind of mailing list.
Someone identiies as dng-request@??? created a .exe that
simply returns to the OS.
Presumably he is the author and the copyright holder.
Or have I misunderstood something?