[Am-info] Don't apply SP3 to your installed W2K!!!
Fred A. Miller
fmiller@lightlink.com
Sun, 4 Aug 2002 22:41:15 -0400
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Don't apply SP3 to your installed W2K!!!
"The Register is reporting that Microsoft has placed an interesting wrink=
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the EULA of WinXP SP1 and Win2k SP3 that asks for the same remote admin=20
rights as the Windows Media Player patch that raised such an uproar. I th=
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I'll be leaving my Win2k box at SP2, thank you very much....a separate EU=
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for W2K's SP3 "contains this nasty bit: 'You may not disclose the results=
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any benchmark test of the .NET Framework component of the OS Components =
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any third party without Microsoft's prior written approval.'"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26517.html
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If you listen on a quiet nite you, can hear
the sound of an XP Server reboot.
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