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Everyone knows of a neighbor's cousin's ex-roommate's son-in-law's friend's ex-classmate that says that he received a threatening letter from MS. The rules of illegal search without a warrant still apply.

Garbage. They still do it, they even put it in their EULA's where no one will read it. We have all seen MS programs 'call home'. IE does it all the time, so does MS Media Player. This is well documented.

Fine, if you want to believe that MS is very concerned about your computer; go right ahead. Who am I to persuade you otherwise. I mean, I'm just a lowly R&D engineer working in the computer industry for the past 10 years.

How else would you propose your software be kept current? New drivers come out, updates to DirectX, OpenGL, and new media types emerge fairly frequently. Security holes are found, and macro-virus's are written.

Please note, you have the OPTION of not allowing the update. If you chose not to, it's your machine, your financial information, and your property that is at risk; not mine.

Funny, isn't it; that despite a worldwide 'spy' network in MS, there isn't a single case against MS for invading privacy. Realnetworks (Real Player)got ding'd, so have a few others. But not MS.