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To: Amy J who wrote (76783)	3/19/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: Paul Fiondella	Respond to of 186894

Microsoft dumps the problem in Intel's lap Microsoft Offers Privacy Programs on Site Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., offered two free software programs on its Internet site Thursday to strip out an identifying number that could be used to trace the authorship of some electronic documents. One program is a small patch to repair the problem and prevent the number from being planted in such documents. The second removes the number from existing documents. Microsoft confirmed earlier this month that its latest version of Windows generates a unique serial number for each computer. That number partly is planted within some documents created with its popular collection of Office 97 business programs, which include Word and Excel. Those numbers are part of a 32-digit identifier created by Windows 98 whenever customers register their software with Microsoft. ======================== Now Intel can "take charge" of attaching those CPU-ID numbers to everything and take all of the flack. what a wonderful relationship Intel has with Microsoft. (Fall Guy)