Got this off of another list.
> Be sure to read the new EULA/privacy statement for Windows update, it has an
> interesting portion about how Windows Update and Automatic Update (which
> gets installed with SP3) can, by agreeing to this license, send the
> following pieces of info to Microsoft, this was posted on the MS focus list
> by Javier Sanchez:
>
> "With the latest version of Windows Update (essentially a mandatory download
> and now part of SP3) you consent to sending the following information to
> Microsoft:
>
> * Operating-system version number and Product Identification number
> * Internet Explorer version number
> * Version numbers of other software
> * Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices
So, yeah. SP3 will fix some problems and yeah, maybe cause some more. Oh, and yeah: It will report all of your vitals back to Microsoft.
I say we storm Redmond.




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