---- START NEW MESSAGE --- Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id A251628F003C; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 03:26:09 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <19.00CC782C@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; 1 Feb 2004 6:26:06 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8e) with spool id 8306 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 06:26:01 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 6606; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 06:25:47 -0500 Received: from smtp.aaisp.net.uk [217.169.20.17] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 430) via TCP with ESMTP ; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 06:25:46 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by smtp.aaisp.net.uk Received: from hibernaculum.org.uk ([217.169.5.1] helo=TP380Z) by smtp.aaisp.net.uk with smtp (Exim 4.22) id 1AnFjY-00051G-Th for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 11:25:48 +0000 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.10.2010 for OS/2 Warp 4.05 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:25:48 +0000 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Howard Winter Subject: Re: [OT:] Windows XP intermittent performance To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU In-Reply-To: <014001c3e7b0$224ae5a0$7b01a8c0@Paradise> Precedence: list X-RCPT-TO: Status: U X-UIDL: 371856747 On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:05:43 +1300, Russell McMahon wrote: > > That would be a difference if it was true - I have > > *never* agreed to any adware being installed on any of > > my computers. I have never even been asked for my > > permission, in fact! > > For that to be true you must read EVERY EULA that pops up during > installation and understand what it legally says. Oh I do! That's where I discovered that MS don't want anyone to know about the performance of .NET - you have to agree not to publish any benchmarks about it to install almost *anything* from MS - even things like security patches. >I read and file a copy > where I have any doubts (not that this stops me getting some adware that has > to be purged occasionally). I don't know how much AdAware "cries wolf", but I have found web sites where all you have to do is open them and you get a couple of tracking cookies - and this is just someone's homepage, without having clicked on anything within that site. Do tracking cookies qualify as "adware"? Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads .