I didn't know about the verification thing because I downloaded it after reading this announcement. I haven't been real impressed with this whole Genuine Advantage thing, anyway, since it doesn't seem to like Firefox very much for some reason. The other things Microsoft has released through it so far are Photo Story 3 and the Winter Fun Pack 2004.

I haven't been back here to post in a couple of days, but I can definitely say that the system is much more responsive this morning. Of course, it could be that it is also empty, but let us hope...