QUESTION: are all windows boxes automatically members of somemicrosoft domain?

Hi all

I had read somewhere a comment by a Unix administrator where he
claimed that all Windows boxes are always part of some Microsoft
"parent" domain or something like that.

I do not remember the exact formulation of what he called it but the
meaning of it was that Microsoft has some-sort-of authority over all
Windows systems.

I was not sure if the comment had been made tongue-in-cheek.

Anyway...could it not be determined some way if something like that
was the case?

Thanks in advance!

 

Sounds like nonsense.

Yours,
VB.

 

S Claus wrote:

Um, just WHERE did you *read* this self-proclaimed Unix "administrator"
comment? Or is this really YOUR question but trying to allay negative
replies by pretending someone else said it?

 

Hello S,

Never heard about that. Did he mention where he find that statement? Would
be really interesting to read it. Sounds like that he will make fun with
that.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Maybe he was referring to the NSA-key story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY

Well, MS bashing is a popular UNIX admin's passtime.
(Which does not mean that all stories are hoaxes

Practically, millions of Windows boxes receive 'updates &
patches' from Microsoft.
Sometimes without any local admin intervention.
Which does indicate some 'super admin' position, imho.

 

Microsoft does not make all Windows part of some Microsoft domain.
The article that you read was probably talking about Microsoft Product
Authentication. This program was started a couple of years ago when
Microsoft released it's Windows Genuine Advantage program. Under this
program M/S can check a system before it downloads and applies O/S
patches. Microsoft also checked to see if the O/S was properly
purchased, and if it determined that he O/S was not properly licensed
it would refuse to run. Microsoft has had problems with this program
and I'm not sure where M/S is going with this program, but I believe
it has stopped using this with Internet Explorer, and it may
discontinue this "service" if it has not done so already.

Sincerely,
Bill