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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (21845)8/17/2001 6:59:13 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 110653
 
I also hear that XP is supposed to have an automatic update feature, so that whenever you go on the web it will look for updates and download and install them. I don't know whether this feature can be turned off. If not, Microsoft could download anything they wanted to into your system, reset it to use IE as the default browser on every update, etc.

Of course, Bill Gates wouldn't do anything like that. We're all happy to give over control of our computers to the benevolent forces of Microsoft and their always-perfect code.
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