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Stop automatic install with updates and choose to install yourself. My gut feeling tells me that MS will someday issue an update XP to block and enforce copyrited protocalls for all downloads.
Posted by: sykandtyed   Posted on: 08/31/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I think it clearly....  jtnixon | 08/30/05
Oh, there are a BUNCH of "rules" that are ...  Judas I. | 08/30/05
The reality is you can NOT use any...  realitycheck101 | 08/30/05
RE; Case closed! Let's reopen the case  Squawkbox | 08/30/05
Yo mean the way LAMP is the most hacked combination on the planet?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Well...  zkiwi | 08/30/05
i agree, i want to see proof of your assertion  Monkey_MCSE | 08/30/05
Taking one from your playbook here  Sabz5150 | 08/30/05
*Sigh*. Not the "LAMP Wookie" AGAIN.  Zogg | 08/31/05
On average most anti-MS comments  rock06r | 08/31/05
ALL MICROSUCKS USERS ARE LUSERS  Windoze Is For Lusers | 08/31/05
You don't really believe this BS do you?  Scrat | 09/01/05
How silly to think you can apply this to "selected uses only".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
RIAA AND MPAA DONT WRITE SOFTWARE  Mike_Coxs_Rep | 08/30/05
Sorry, your wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Oh, that's a great come back. How about some facts.(nt)  el1jones | 08/30/05
Why bother with facts...  mds_z | 09/02/05
NO NO NO  OldMarine | 08/31/05
Microsoft could use it to control which software you use too.  DonnieBoy | 08/30/05
Why? there would be no money in that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Plenty of money  CobraA1 | 08/30/05
DUH?  Sheeva | 09/01/05
Bad, bad, bad, PR! Shame, shame  msdead | 08/31/05
I was not aware...  Zinoron | 08/30/05
Thier property?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Actually, you are wrong...  Patrick Jones | 08/31/05
Definitions  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/30/05
I tend to think making the machine purchaser the "owner" ...  Judas I. | 08/30/05
Paraphrasing good old Winston  pj-xmesh | 08/30/05
So then tell me, who FORCED you to buy it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
umm--forced to BUY WHAT exactly?? NT  angarahad | 08/30/05
Gree, ask the poster that claimed he was screwed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/05
Attn.: No_Ax_to_Grind  angarahad | 08/30/05
Go to your local computer store...  Sabz5150 | 08/30/05
Windows preinstalled  jezter~ | 09/01/05
Good Point  EBathory | 09/01/05
*ahem* willingly?  CobraA1 | 08/30/05
Battle of the eardrums  osreinstall | 08/30/05
I guess  IT Scion | 08/31/05
Investigative Reporting  IT-sys | 08/30/05
Like who?  george_ou | 08/31/05
The latest MS SEC filing  Richard Flude | 08/30/05
You're right, it is interesting  gardoglee | 08/31/05
Dream on!  Roger Ramjet | 08/31/05
Software Engineering?  silly_king | 08/31/05
You have the "right" to remain silent.  msdead | 08/31/05
The real issue is crappy OS code!  Reverend MacFellow | 08/31/05
Solution?  sykandtyed | 08/31/05
Your suggestion . . .  Sheeva | 09/01/05
Crappy code?  silly_king | 08/31/05
Oh really?  petteyg359 | 08/31/05
Apples and Oranges  woot! | 08/31/05
Nope, sorry but I can't believe this...  Scrat | 09/01/05
Kinte has seen the code!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  John Zern | 08/31/05
Vulnerability verses Stealth  sluger1138 | 08/31/05

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