full-disclosure - Re: Vista Reduced Function mode triggered

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Message-ID: <002401c72e27$b2a860d0$650ba8c0@DORKA>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 05:37:23 +0100
From: "php0t" <php0t@...ro.hu>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Vista Reduced Function mode triggered

> One thing you might try is instead of cutting it off entirely from the
internet, use an external device to limit what internet 
> addresses it can talk to so that it has a valid and working gateway
but it can't phone home.

I doubt Vista wants to google for porn instead of phoning home.

After reading the other posts, I think the question is still there, if
you cut a vista's internet access after it's been activated, does it go
to reduced mode because of not being able to phone home? Anybody with
certain results on this?

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