Microsoft has been quietly slipping in WGA-like checks like KB971033 amongst the many updates in Windows Update. However, these initial anti-piracy checks are voluntary in basis. In fact, they even unchecked it by default. You can even "disable it" permanently by hiding the update. Even so, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft makes one of these anti-piracy updates mandatory. Normally, a mandatory anti-piracy check would be introduced when a service pack is scheduled to appear. You will need to submit to this anti-piracy check and pass it before you are allowed to install the service pack and gain access to future updates. We think that Microsoft has just introduced a mandatory anti-piracy update - KB976902. Link : ED#123 : Yet Another Anti-Piracy Update For Windows 7?
I couldn't find it in the installed update also. But honestly, you can run away from it forever. It will get installed once SP1 is applied.
Exactly! It's a sooner or later matter. Even if it's not KB976902, it's inevitable - Microsoft will definitely issue a mandatory anti-piracy check for anyone installing SP1.
ED#123 : Yet Another Anti-Piracy Update For Windows 7? Rev. 2.0 Microsoft has been quietly slipping in WGA-like checks like KB971033 amongst the many updates in Windows Update. However, these initial anti-piracy checks are voluntary in basis. In fact, they even unchecked it by default. You can even "disable it" permanently by hiding the update. Even so, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft makes one of these anti-piracy updates mandatory. Normally, a mandatory anti-piracy check would be introduced when a service pack is scheduled to appear. You will need to submit to this anti-piracy check and pass it before you are allowed to install the service pack and gain access to future updates. We think that Microsoft has just introduced a mandatory anti-piracy update - KB976902. We just posted an update on the status of the KB976902 black hole update. The case gets odder and odder! Link : ED#123 : Yet Another Anti-Piracy Update For Windows 7? Rev. 2.0
ED#123 : Yet Another Anti-Piracy Update For Windows 7? Rev. 3.0 The infamous KB976902 Black Hole Update is back! We were checking our updates recently and found that KB976902 is back! We have no idea why Microsoft pulled it off the web almost immediately after they released it, or why the Knowledge Base page on the update was not available, but we do know now what the update does. Check it out! Link : ED#123 : Yet Another Anti-Piracy Update For Windows 7? Rev. 3.0
It's not a required update right now, but yeah, it's just a matter of time. Microsoft will probably make it mandatory when Windows 7 SP1 is released.