Story: South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
Posted by: Andy (Wednesday 7 December 2005, 1:24 PM)
Bill, WMP does "phone home" and it may be that your third-party firewall has been programmed to let that process get through. How much do you really know about the "Generic Host process" anyway? (Just as an example...)
David, certain products, e.g. IE are so tightly integrated into Windows that to remove them actually removes some of the capabilities of your system (for example, remove IE and Windows Explorer will not work as you expect.)
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Story: South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
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The article blames Microsoft for stealing most of... Bill King -
I can't blame any country for feeling suspicious a... David Mendez
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David,
A house with a bedroom is a poor analo... Big Al -
The Korean decision may however simply fade away u... Olavi Petri
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Bill, WMP does "phone home" and it may be th... Andy -
We need to be clear on what bundling means. Simply... Trev
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Mr. Mendez seems to think you can remove any M$ pr... Oldator
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im not microsofts biggest fan, but it seems unfair... darren
