RE: Windows XP upgrade question

["Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well... maybe I will have to research that again. Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Sims [mailto:ken@ke9nr.org]
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 9:58 AM
To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Windows XP upgrade question


Hi Mike -

> >>>No offense, Ken, but you are obviously mis-informed. There is no
>reporting to M$ for information other than what you send (bug reports and
>registration) This has been verified by many magazines and security
experts.
>The "secret key" is just a string of numbers and letters derived from
>various hardware serial numbers, it cannot mean anything to M$.

I'm not going to argue it with you, but in a firewalls email list that I
participate in, where there is as much emphasis on stopping unauthorized
outbound traffic as there is on stopping unauthorized inbound traffic, the
story is very different than what you are telling.  What you are saying
would be true IF you turned off the optional "features" that are on by
default.

Since there is no way I'm installing XP, I obviously can't speak from
personal experience.

Ken
http://www.ke9nr.org/
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.

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