One minor error in fact

Post #84,058 by Steven A S 2/25/03 3:24:00 PM Reply	One minor error in fact Hot Mail, MSN, Microsoft Instant Messaging, Windows Update, Product Activation - they all require a Passport account, and they are all being expanded into key parts of My Services. Currently in Windows XP (home) neither Windows Update nor Product Activation actually require a Passport account. That's not to say MS won't change that on future releases, nor does it mean that MS does not gather more information than necessary during these processes. ~~~)-Steven---- "I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..." General George S. Patton
Post #84,060 by Another Scott 2/25/03 3:37:02 PM Reply	Speaking of which... TheInq story. [link\|http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7980\|This] story on The Inquirer says that a German site ([link\|http://www.tecchannel.de/betriebssysteme/1126/index.html\|tecCHANNEL]) is saying that MS's XP update is grabbing lots of information about installed apps from other vendors and lots of information is sent back to Redmond - in contrast to earlier versions of Windows Update. From TheInq story: And, the site claims, the information can pass on to Microsoft a list of all of the software installed on an individual's computer, including software manufactured by other manufacturers. tecCHANNEL has a utility - tecDUMP - that'll show the collected information. It seems the utility has to be purchased (and is included with the rest of the article for 1.99 euros). Just passing along a pointer - I have no other information. Cheers, Scott.
Post #84,066 by Andrew Grygus 2/25/03 4:12:18 PM Reply	Yes, I have read the German site . . . . up to the point where you have to pay money. I have also incorporated it into my article (and have added a "change list" to keep track of such additions). [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #84,080 by CRConrad 2/25/03 4:31:57 PM 2/25/03 4:58:12 PM Reply	You used to get it all for free by clicking "Weiter>>" (1) [Edit 2: Past tense... And comments] It was just the convenience of getting it all on a single page(2) you had to pay for. (Or, conversely, the price for getting to read it without paying any money was to see that e-bay.de commercial fifteen times. :-) The sub-pages are also -- still -- linked directly, in the pale blue vertical bar on the right -- only, now most of them lead to a log-in page for subscribers. Fucking treacherous cheap-skate assmonkeys! :-( [Edit 1:] And "Zum Schlie\ufffden ins Bild klicken!" means, "To close, click the picture!"... Just so you don't' get any nasty surprises. :-) HTH! (1): "Weiter" means "on" (as in "go on") or "continue"; "Zurück" means "back". (2): And presumably in a less advertisement-cluttered format. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown] Edited by CRConrad Feb. 25, 2003, 04:39:04 PM EST Edited by CRConrad Feb. 25, 2003, 04:58:12 PM EST Expand All History
Post #84,082 by Another Scott 2/25/03 4:47:22 PM 2/25/03 5:01:47 PM Reply	Never mind. CRC error no more. :-) (See the edit history for the nitty-gritty.) Cheers, Scott. Edited by Another Scott Feb. 25, 2003, 05:01:47 PM EST Expand All History
Post #84,083 by CRConrad 2/25/03 4:53:36 PM Reply	Uh... No, I'm only on the second page... Wha?!? Noooo! Fucking goddamn cheapskate assmonkeys!!! May they rot in the nether dungeons of Hell for all eternity! It didn't used to work like that... This is the first time I see this behaviour. :-( [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]

Welcome to IWETHEY!