XP users...make sure you disable this...

[aircooled]

...if you are concerned about privacy (or have devilsown ;-0)

Control Panel/System/Advanced/Error Reporting, disable error reporting. This sends your error info (and possibly other info) to Microsoft.

You may already have known about this, but I just found out about it recently.

If anyone know of any other XP items that "phone home" please post....

 

[stingbandel]

well thanks... I was thinking to disable it but didn't know how... you help me out on this one.





Darno

 

[gunf1ghter]

The system error reporting isn't going to send any info about your PC to MS... it's simply going to send them trap info about what hardware/software caused the system to crash and might help them in the next service pack to fix those bugs... what a shame!

 

[Rand]

<< The system error reporting isn't going to send any info about your PC to MS... it's simply going to send them trap info about what hardware/software caused the system to crash and might help them in the next service pack to fix those bugs... what a shame! >>



Besides, every time a program crashes and it wants to send the info on the crash to MS it asks you for permission first, so you have the opportunity to say yes/no.

 

[FuManStan]

you guys are so paranoid!

 

[toant103]

that's what they want you to thing



"The system error reporting isn't going to send any info about your PC to MS... it's simply going to send them trap info about what hardware/software caused the system to crash and might help them in the next service pack to fix those bugs... what a shame! "

 

[capybara]

it easier to call others paranoid than to respond with facts!
automatic update calls calls home to microsoft, and it is enabled by default.
A true firewall (not microsoft built-in icf) is always useful to control
undesired M$ contact. Try tiny personal firewall (free download from
tiny software) or zone alarm 2.6.231.