As someone already mentioned, it's no new thing. The old Pentium III processor used to send usage statistics back to MS quite regularly. Like I said, get an application based firewall running in the background of whatever other protection you have (Kerio is a good one), and set a rule denying windows access. Jonathan Finger RPT -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ned Swift Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 6:09 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: RE: OT: Windows Update keeps tabs on all system software Thanks for the info, Jonathan!! I don't have anything sensitive on my PC except for the music that I write. I was just surprised that MS called home and several times an hour. I was curious about what they were up to though. It was annoying have MS ask me every 5 minutes about calling home. I now realize that it was happening before I had my firewall but it is still an intrusion of privacy. MS does not need to know what I am doing on my PC though I understand their reasons for such intrusions. Thanks again!! Ned Swift Lowell, MI >Ned, Windows and other MS programs do indeed phone home frequently. A >firewall is a great way to stop them. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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