In a follow up from my previous post about WGA (Windows Genuine Disadvantage) I thought I would share a tool that I found that helps avoid a few of the ‘phone home’ issues we all hate. Try it out.
Below is taken from the About page of xp-AntiSpy.
The xp-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP. ...This utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP. It's customiseable, but comes up with the Default settings, which are recommended. ...
I have since disabled the Windows Genuine Disadvantage ‘feature’ along with a few others that I wasn’t even aware existed. The more I look into this the less I want my XP boxen even connected to the LAN. I would simply disable the network adapters but I’m not even sure that’d stop all of the phoning home. Seems like physical disconnection is the only safe way to use XP.