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Why would you need "permission"?
>Again, nothing in the documentation disclosed or asked >for permission to install a device driver.

iTunes has always had device drivers. It is installing iTunes that helps Windows recognize iPods/iPhones. You agreed to installing iTunes, right? So there you go, you consented. Nobody forced you to install iTunes. You chose to. iTunes is free. If you don't like it, don't use it.

Your complaint about some people not even having mobile devices and yet having MobileMe and the USB driver installed is like saying "I installed MS Office and it installed all these files to print files, BUT I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PRINTER!!! And without my consent!!!!"

The other aspect of this is that while some people are experiencing problems there are thousands others that installed the update and have no problems (albeit, on XP, not Vista). I've installed it on 3 XP machines and have yet to see a problem.
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Apple Sneaky???  bellKR | 09/11/08
RE: Could this be the problem driver? (Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 install)  peki | 09/11/08
RE: Could this be the problem driver? (Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 install)  Unemployed IT Guy | 09/11/08
iTunes and Quicktime Abuse  Etch44 | 09/11/08
RE: Could this be the problem driver? (Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 install)  dev_iant | 09/11/08
Yeah but this time...  FranC. | 09/11/08
RE: Could this be the problem driver? (Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 install)  trm1945 | 09/11/08
RE: Could this be the problem driver? (Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 install)  FranC. | 09/11/08
RE: Could this be the problem driver? (Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 install)  dcmorrow | 09/11/08
Why would you need "permission"?  arodriguez@... | 09/11/08
Amen! (NT)  Timpraetor | 10/09/08
plus 1  public@... | 09/28/09
RE: Why would you need "permission"?  wtfk | 09/11/08
Apple and a sneaky install  bfilipiak@... | 09/11/08
RE: Could this be the problem driver? (Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 install)  robertleeking@... | 09/11/08
apple's Plan  z0rba | 09/11/08
RE: Could this be the problem driver? (Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 install)  leemcdonald | 09/12/08
Ed, lets be careful here.. they did directly say the software included ...  TG2 | 09/12/08
Hilarious!  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/12/08
My Biggest Beef  rkuhn040172@... | 09/15/08

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