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#1 jram

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 09:53 PM

Are you using Windows Vista? Then you might as well know that the licensed operating system installed on your machine is harvesting a healthy volume of information for Microsoft. In this context, a program such as the Windows Genuine Advantage is the last of your concerns. In fact, in excess of 20 Windows Vista features and services are hard at work collecting and transmitting your personal data to the Redmond company. spyware at work......................
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Posted 30 April 2008 - 11:09 PM

Interesting reading....

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 07:39 PM

Another reason to add to my list of why I do not like Vista! :scared_sh++_out_of_me:

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Posted 18 June 2008 - 04:10 AM

Yes, this is one of many reasons my wife is hoping to move to a Mac platform, and I will probably move to a Linux patform.





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