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Old 04-26-2003, 05:56 PM  
lEricPl
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Originally posted by goBigtime


The issue is that Microsoft "phones home" for just about anything and everything you do these days. For example -- when I want to search for a file on my local hard drives, wtf would microsoft need to phone home? (Because it does... to sa.microsoft.com)

I paid for the OS and I don't want the OS making ANY uneeded or unwanted communication with Microsoft. Microsoft has a bit of a shady past with dealing with other businesses if you know what I mean.




sa usually stands for 'Software Assurance' when dealing with MS.

Maybe it's just checking if you have a valid license?





Actually I think it has something to do with the Help and Support Center in XP conntecting for better search results.

Not sure....I don't use XP.
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