kurt wismer

Andy Walker wrote:
[snip]
> The funny thing is, I watched it on my Vista Business laptop, and it
> did not download the Silverlight add-in but instead asked me "do you
> want to activate Silverlight". It appears that M$ must have added
> Silverlight in one of its automatic updates (I allow automatic update
> and installation on that particular machine). I've been closing that
> annoying pop-up on the M$ site for what seems like months to avoid
> loading it and don't have any intention of loading it on any of my
> other Windows machines.

hmmm... kinda reminds me of the recent controversy over apple shoving
safari down the throats of people updating itunes or quicktime...

i'm sure microsoft would say it's an integral part of the operating
system, though...

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kurt wismer wrote:
> Andy Walker wrote:
> [snip]
>> The funny thing is, I watched it on my Vista Business laptop, and it
>> did not download the Silverlight add-in but instead asked me "do you
>> want to activate Silverlight". It appears that M$ must have added
>> Silverlight in one of its automatic updates (I allow automatic update
>> and installation on that particular machine). I've been closing that
>> annoying pop-up on the M$ site for what seems like months to avoid
>> loading it and don't have any intention of loading it on any of my
>> other Windows machines.
>
> hmmm... kinda reminds me of the recent controversy over apple shoving
> safari down the throats of people updating itunes or quicktime...
>
> i'm sure microsoft would say it's an integral part of the operating
> system, though...
>

Well, at least you don't have yto d/l Safari when you update iTunes.

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Dustin Cook

Andy Walker <awalker@nspank.invalid> wrote in news:480eac6c.1041589906
@news.webtv.com:


> The funny thing is, I watched it on my Vista Business laptop, and it
> did not download the Silverlight add-in but instead asked me "do you

Do you prefer vista over XP?



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