FWIW, a version of KB905474 was tested last fall in Norway and a couple other countries. There are some users there that have not yet loaded it and to date, have suffered no ill effects. But in general, I agree that one way or another, MS will get it's way on this.

Also, I myself had issues with KB905474. It would not install. I had trouble last month with the update of the WGA tool itself. (This month's update, KB905474, is just a notification routine.) As it turns out, my troubles were related to 2 registry keys that had incorrect permissions set on them. Once I corrected these 2 keys, the update ran fine. (I considered NOT installing the update as mentioned but in the end, I decided you can't always fight city hall (and it's MS's town!) So I loaded it...