Windows Update keeps tabs on all system software

Windows Update keeps tabs on all system software
John Leyden, The Register 2003-02-28

Evidence obtained by German hardware site tecChannel suggests a list of software installed on an XP machine is sent to Microsoft when users run Windows Update.

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Nat! (1 replies)

Maybe it is M$ way of figuring out what software should be bundled with their latest OS....

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