Win2000 Paranoia

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that_punk_guy wrote:
Does anyone know what the "Services and Controller app" in Windows 2000 Pro is for and why it needs to access the internet so frequently?  ;-)

It is Paranoia when they reall ARE out to control your life?

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Ilwrath wrote:
Man...  I tell you what....  I finally got sick of the daily battle against spyware and went with RedHat 9 on my main PC.  I can't say it's been totally painless but then you add in having to keep it from phoning home all the damn time...  It just isn't worth it...  ;-)  I'll put up with technical glitches, but when I have to fight my OS over politics, I draw the line.  Make mine "Free as in speech," please.  I've had enough financial and moral bankruptcy for a while.

I have a new server on the desk.  Well half a server, I'm still building the thing.  I fought with windows long enough I tossed it and installed SuES Linux 8.2.  Yes, I have a steep learning curve ahead of me, but I feel cleaner and freer about a computer than I have since I hammered Amigastine back into existence.  Free as speech sounds like music to my ears.

I *will not* pay the Microsoft tax ever again.
I *will not* buy from any dealer that forces me to pay for an OS I do not want and do not need.

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So stop panicing.  MS are not allowed by law (certainly in Europe, I can't speak for the US) to hold personal information on you without your express permission, and the  waffle in the EULA doesn't actually grant that.

And since when has Evil Bill lost any sleep over something a silly as the law?  He bought the right politicans and all his anti-trust worries vanished.  

So if he doesn't respect that, what does a little thing like privacy matter?