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MattFromQuincy
07-01-2007, 04:08 PM
Here is an article you guys might want to read before loading Vista.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml
ginaf20697
07-01-2007, 04:15 PM
Wow....How Shocking.....
d0uche_n0zzle
07-01-2007, 04:20 PM
What a bunch of fascist cunts M$ has become.
Teddy
07-01-2007, 08:54 PM
reading is for fags some 1 post a summary
Beeman99
07-02-2007, 12:15 AM
so basically everyone on wackbag using Vista has to worry about MS knowing about their gay porn collection.
SOS
07-02-2007, 10:56 AM
Every time you contact MS through Vista, which may or may not be apparent to the user, it sends data about what is on your computer. Effectively less privacy.

Vista is spyware.
JoeyDVDZ
07-02-2007, 11:26 AM
Every time you contact MS through Vista, which may or may not be apparent to the user, it sends data about what is on your computer. Effectively less privacy.

Vista is spyware.

Very succinct, sir. As always. :clap::clap:
CoalShoveler
07-02-2007, 01:33 PM
I don't find this at all shocking.
abudabit
07-02-2007, 04:23 PM
Doesn't seem that bad once you read the article.
highway23
07-02-2007, 07:03 PM
Microsoft is probably just hoping that they catch a terrorist with this garbage
Budyzir
07-02-2007, 08:03 PM
This is interesting ....

But could Microsoft turn the data it has collected against you? Of course, what did you think? "Microsoft may disclose personal information about you if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) comply with the law or legal process served on Microsoft; (b) protect and defend the rights of Microsoft (including enforcement of our agreements); or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees, users of Microsoft software or services, or members of the public," reveals another excerpt.
Grem
07-02-2007, 08:35 PM
I think XP will end up being the Last Windows Operating system I run, Next time I upgrade i'm buying a Mac.
ginaf20697
07-02-2007, 08:41 PM
I think XP will end up being the Last Windows Operating system I run, Next time I upgrade i'm buying a Mac.

QFT

Add in all the stuff from that worst Windows features thread and Windows never fails to annoy me several times a day. Fuck them.
Budyzir
07-02-2007, 08:44 PM
The irony for me is that I've been thinking of getting a new computer, mostly for gaming. Now I'm looking at what M$ is up too, shit, I might just do something with Mac or Linux and just get a laptop for games.

Deep down in my gut, I am loathing all this control M$ is trying to amass.
DoucheMeister
07-03-2007, 01:42 AM
Like Steve Jobs isn't a control freak. Look at the control he exerts with iPod and now the iPhone. If they held the dominant position in operating systems, I would think they would be worse than MS.
Plunkies
07-03-2007, 02:26 AM
Like Steve Jobs isn't a control freak. Look at the control he exerts with iPod and now the iPhone. If they held the dominant position in operating systems, I would think they would be worse than MS.

Thank you! Good to see some common sense breaking up the dumbass comments in this thread. It's like people saying they're going to move to China because America isn't free enough anymore.
MattFromQuincy
07-03-2007, 03:54 AM
I'll keep using Windows as I have a DJ program that runs only on windows that I can't live without. I'd like to try out one of the others sometime but not sure if I'll like them. I downloaded Solaris from Sun Microsystems but haven't installed it yet. I wonder how good it is.

I guess even with a program like Anonomizer, MS could see all the Aryan websites I've, uh, I mean someone might have visited.:haha7:
ginaf20697
07-03-2007, 07:48 AM
I don't have a problem with Bill Gates. I sure as hell would be working my ass off for all that money. I just am sick of my Windows locking up and crashing all the time.
GonzoRadio
07-03-2007, 09:02 AM
I don't have a problem with Bill Gates. I sure as hell would be working my ass off for all that money. I just am sick of my Windows locking up and crashing all the time.

Windows has been very stable for some time now. You may have bad hardware/bad driver. Make sure that Windows writes dump files and that you don't reboot until it completes writing it (it tells you when). Use this link http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/041105-windows-crash.html
to learn how to read the dump file to look for the offending driver.

I had BSOD issues for MONTHS until I finally did something about it. It turns out that it was caused by a driver installed by AVG Anti-Rootkit; which would take shit (seemingly at random, but not so random in hindsight....) when I'd start some programs.

Anyway, take a look, it might save you some headaches.