If my memory of the bug reporting to M$ worked. If you were say in a word document and Word crashed out then not only the fact of the crash was/is reported but also the content of that document. This may not be good if you are working on a docuement at work that may hold inside stuff about your work or the company you work for, same thing in Excel and Access. If your in IE then yep the cache of where you visited is sent along to M$. Then throw in their media player that reports to M$ every music CD you put into your computer to lidten to while you work. But this is not just an M$ thing just about any new equipment and software you buy now days phones home. I bought a new printer about a year ago a Lexmark and the damn printer wanted to phone home. Packet sniffer told me they wanted to know ink levels and what I was printing. Needless to say took it back to Costco told them the problem. It is not unlike if you start your car does it report to all the people that make the parts you just started your car..answer is nope not yet but they are working on it. Try going to http://****microsoft.com/ learn about the hidden files and how to remove them and other antics of M$.