WAT is official!

This afternoon, Microsoft finally delivered what they promised, bundled the WAT update with five other updates. The good thing, Microsoft was good on their word and didn't force feed it. You have to manually check the box to accept the update in order to receive it. But how long it's voluntary remains to be seen. Both systems passed with no problems, the only thing I noticed was upon restart, a long string for numbers & letters went by, and that was it. Now, for the umthenth time, I've validated my system. I then promptly removed the update, as I don't want to have a "non-genuine" system(s) years from now. Hopefully no one else had problems, either. If you did, contact Microsoft or your OEM to correct the issue.

I downloaded the WAT update last week from the MS downloads page. Worked fine, and since I have a genuine product key I don't foresee any issues.

Same as Nibiru. You should not have to keep revalidating?

While I don't agree at all with piracy, I don't agree with revalidating over and over for years and years. Everytime you download an optional Microsoft product (such as MSE or Windows Live), you have to validate before they download. That is enough. If you change your MOBO, or replace a couple of key parts at once, you have to validate again, perhaps over the phone. It's kind of like having to prove yourself innocent over and over. On this forum, I have defended Microsoft many a time, but don't agree on this issue. If it was a one time deal, yes, I can agree with that, and I accepted the update on two systems, they both passed, and I removed the update. That was my right, I didn't even have to accept it in the first place. This program is millions upon millions of dollars that can (and should be) used to improve IE(unlike win7, it's sliding) or the next version of Windows.

When I checked windows update, I read something about MS was searching for files that had been tampered with. If you have a legitamate copy of windows I doubt their will be any reason for concern as far as activation and validation.

Unless I do a reinstall, I have never had to revalidate, even going back to the orgianl Vista. Whenever they are available, I download and install Microsoft products. Apart from those whic require an installation key (Office?), in no way do they affect the validation or avctivaion of the OS, nor do they perform a pre check for authenticity.
I accept that, should you change major hardware items, under the Eula, this can be automatically seen as attempting to install the OS on a second computer, or, it is seen as a fresh install. Of course it will then require reinstallation. Fortunately I do not alter much on my "daily" computer, so it bothers me little..

I cannot understand the last sentence, unfortunately

I dont know why you should be having any problems, but maybe you have a malicious program lurking somehwre on your computer?
Microsoft have been driven into a corner, with trying to make their product secure. I am quite sure that even the pundits on the web do not know all. The fact that the WAT is voluntary.maybe a small part of the story. Perhaps your mistake was to uninstall it again?? If MShave any foresight, their robots can regard such action as suspiciuous with subsequent automated action - just a thought.

What is WAT??

It is an intensified change to the old WGA. (Windows Genuine Advantage)

WAT is Windows Activation Technology.

Both my and hubbies computers got the download and installed perfectly fine.

How do I know if I have it, and if I don't where is it to be downloaded?