Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola

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From: William Rini
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 05:42

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adaml@gate.net (Adam L) wrote:

>Give me a break.  It's not as if this was a 'hidden' feature of MSN...

Not only is it not a "hidden" feature, it's part of the installation.
It says that a modem has been detected and asks if you would like
register online.  If you say yes it does a quick check of your system,
displays some info about your setup (Processor, RAM, etc.) and then
checks for software.  It displays a screen with the info that it
wishes to transmit and asks if it's ok  to send it.  You choose "Yes"
or "No, don't send"  

So not only do you have a choice of even going through the online
registration process (you could say "No" when it asks if you want to
register online), but then it tells you exactly what it intends to
send, which you can deny.

Yeah real sinister sounding to me too.



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