Ermm.... what?
"The Microsoft (R) File Checksum Integrity Verifier
tool is an
unsupported command line utility that computes MD5 or SHA1
cryptographic hashes for files. Microsoft does not provide support for
this utility.
Use this utility at your own risk. Microsoft Technical
Support is unable to answer questions about the File Checksum Integrity
Verifier. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
841290."
Probably it's just some misunderstanding, but I guess the entire purpose of the procedure is to eliminate some risk ... and of course, if the party distributing stuff is not really taking responsibility in this game, it feels like as if there wasn't any game o.O
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