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Topic: Microsoft Releasing Windows Source Code
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-21-2003 02:52 AM
I never believed Microsoft had a "back door" built into their operating systems to "spy on their users."
However, the high end of operating systems (Windows ME and above) for the PC is powerful enough to see what you have for operating systems (if any) on the primary bus or the secondary bus, even though they are "not installed" in the system BIOS.
I also understand from a computer guru that the CPU serial number is detected by the XP operating systems even though it is disabled through the system bios. In addition to that, I discovered that Win 2000 does not like enviroment changes unless the CPU and the main board is in the same basic class by manufacturers. Another thing I was told was that if you try to cross over to a different main board, XP will not run because the CPU serial numbers are not the same.
Something else I read in technology....just because you format a drive, you think it is "safe" and does not contain sensitive information that can be retrieved, you guessed wrong! There is software that can tell what was on that drive.
The article addresses two layers, and suggests that you might be safe if you re-write over the entire drive with "O's" a couple of times. However, I had a computer guru tell me that some software can go as deep as 20 layers to find out what was on the drive.
So to be safe, stay off the sleezy web sites, keep your credit card numbers out of your computer, as well as personal information you don't want broadcasted to the entire world.
I edited this to shorten it up to make more sense. [ 01-21-2003, 04:28 AM: Message edited by: Paul G. Thompson ]
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