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WMD

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Does XP communicate with redmond?
« Reply #15 on: 24 December 2003, 05:29 »
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Originally posted by Ecsyle_one:
Everyone says its there, but noone shows their hand. Its a bluff.


Erm...

http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5263/1.html

I assume XP also has this...
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« Reply #16 on: 24 December 2003, 05:47 »
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Originally posted by WMD:


Erm...

http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5263/1.html

I assume XP also has this...

oh yeah. i do remember this. I retract my former post.
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« Reply #17 on: 24 December 2003, 15:07 »
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Microsoft was already sued from a guy over here because microsoft tried to sell him something he was always looking at on the web or something they also erased his XP remotely because he had an illegal copy of XP.
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No.


You may say no but i say yes,he asked for remote assistance it was a minor thing over here in the media but is true
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« Reply #18 on: 26 December 2003, 05:53 »
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You may say no but i say yes,he asked for remote assistance it was a minor thing over here in the media but is true


Must have been pretty minor, I didn't hear about it.  But if it's true...well, I'd prefer not to think about it :|

BTW re anti-spyware programs mentioned earlier; I too use Ad-Aware & it works very well. I also use another free program, Spybot Search & Destroy

Call me paranoid, but I just like to be thorough, I really hate spyware    :mad:

[ December 25, 2003: Message edited by: black crow ]

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« Reply #19 on: 26 December 2003, 17:38 »
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Originally posted by skippy:
A friend of mine had XP installed by this tech guy and he spent an hour hacking the registry saying that xp communicates with the main office. i was wondering what is sent and what kind of registry hacks can be done. and what about copies of xp installed with a generated product key?


I log pretty much every packet coming from my network, and my XP box's have never communicated with Redmond once.

This includes there so called error reporting, it seems to do nothing.

I know how to listen in on MSN convos pretty well, I wrote a guide on the basics of understanding the protocol in ethereal.
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« Reply #20 on: 27 December 2003, 13:01 »
sweet. I like this thread. I hope it isn't "crap"
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« Reply #21 on: 27 December 2003, 13:29 »
Redmond arnt going to spend money to see what your doing? Why would they care? Its not like they want to help with anything.
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