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XP Updates Start to P.O. Users

One of the purported user-friendly features of Microsoft's new operating system is turning out to be user-annoying. As many as three times a week, on average, XP users see a little window pop-up at the bottom of their computer screens announcing the availability of another new update for their system. This plethora of patches has left many users wondering whether their hard drives are big enough to handle "Trustworthy Computing."
http://www.wired.com/news/technolog...2,52108,00.html

NU XP peeps - is this true?!

This was also veeeeery interesting............

Some XP users were amused to see that Microsoft had included "compatibility patches" for several file-sharing applications in the April 2002 XP update.

"Windows XP has all these severe anti-piracy features built-in, yet the company is putting out patches to make sure that Kazaa and Grokster works well with XP," said Nicky Caldone, an attorney. "Call it what you will, file-sharing apps are all about pirating."

A Microsoft company spokesman said Microsoft doesn't consider what an application's purpose is when deciding whether to issue a compatibility update.

"It's still pretty funny that Microsoft, who has been quite vocal about the cost and consequences of piracy, would include patches for file-sharing applications in XP's updates," Caldone said.