[Shotimes] Re: OT: XP OS? NIX.

[Kenneth Epperly]

This happened when I configured outlook. They query for a network
connection. Will usually stop if you turn off messenger service. That worked
for me in XP.
        Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MonsieurBoo@aol.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 7:23 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: OT: XP OS? NIX.


> While I don't think XT itself sends software info back to MicroSoft, it's
> amazing to see what the various MS products will try to do behind your
back.  As
> soon as I installed my firewall it started popping up internet access
requests
> from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SQL Server, etc, at the most unpredictable
> times that appeared to have zilch to do with the stuff I was working on at
the
> moment.  (I'm not talking about things like cutting and pasting web pages
into
> Word, of course.)
>
> Without putting everything onto a stand-alone intranet and spoofing the
> destination IP that these apps are requesting, and logging their packets
on a
> packet sniffer, I really haven't a clue what they're going out there for.
I have a
> sneaky suspicion they aren't just looking for any new code patches though!
> And without the firewall, I would never have known.
>
> Needless to say I've set it to notify me whenever these requests are made,
> rather than just auto-suppressing them, so I can track the circumstances
when
> they happen BEFORE Just Saying NO!
>
> PS - I chuckle a bit when I get pointed to such-and-such a URL for info
about
> this stuff, and the URL has "support.microsoft.com" in it.  Those dudes
spin
> it up faster than a Roots huffer on a fuelie.  Didn't see any mention of a
> hash file in their docs, yet it's the main player. <GRIN>
>
> PPS - This old dawg thinks Leaded Supreme has a much preferable bouquet
> compared to unleaded, which is like possum puke if you ask me.  (If you
ever catch
> a whiff of leaded avgas it'll take ya right back there.)  But then, I
d/c'd
> the oil injector in my '76 Yammie RD400 just so I could run Castor Oil
premixed
> for that classic aroma.  I'll save for another time the story about how I
ran
> my scooter on Coleman Lantern Fuel to get over the mountains and home from
the
> Hawaiian countryside one dark midnight when not a gas station was open,
but
> the 7-11 was.
>
> "I Love The Smell Of Nitro In The MORNING!!"
> Mark L
>
> ==========================================
> From: "Erik Balser" <masho95@charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: OT:  XP OS?  NIX.
>
> No, they don't tell you, but you can know what goes in and out from your
> network.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bjshov8@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: OT: XP OS? NIX.
>
> > You don't think they're going to TELL you what they're doing do you?
> > :-)
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