Be sure to read the new EULA/privacy statement for Windows update, it has an
interesting portion about how Windows Update and Automatic Update (which
gets installed with SP3) can, by agreeing to this license, send the
following pieces of info to Microsoft, this was posted on the MS focus list
by Javier Sanchez:

"With the latest version of Windows Update (essentially a mandatory download
and now part of SP3) you consent to sending the following information to
Microsoft:

* Operating-system version number and Product Identification number 
* Internet Explorer version number 
* Version numbers of other software 
* Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices 

This is stated in the "Windows Update Privacy Statement" which you can read
at <http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/about.asp?>  You can also
follow the "About Windows Update" link off the WindowsUpdate page. Don't
bother trying to right-click, they've made sure to disable that."

Enjoy! Way to go MS!

-cs

-----Original Message-----
From: Leif Sawyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FW: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 now available.


FYI

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 now available.


Microsoft has just release its final version of Service Pack 3.  A list of
fixes incorporated into SP3 can be found at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q320853

Service Pack 3 (128 mg) can be downloaded at:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP3/NT5/EN-US/w2ks
p3.exe

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