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When windows came out with the first version that included 'error reporting' it was banned by national labs

R.L. — 1/18/2005 3:02:32 AM (archived)

Apparently, the error report could include the contents of the documents you were working on when the error occured...

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The Microsoft OS - Todd - 1/17/2005 9:08:47 AM
- I don't trust Microsoft - Gary - 1/24/2005 5:37:31 AM
  - Do you ever wonder... - RobVG - 1/25/2005 4:26:03 AM
    - Serial numbers - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2005 8:33:29 AM
    - Hard disks have machine readable serial numbers - Gary - 1/27/2005 3:21:08 AM
  - yeah - Davin L. - 1/24/2005 6:27:22 PM
- When windows came out with the first version that included 'error reporting' it was banned by national labs - R.L. - 1/18/2005 3:02:32 AM
  - re: Error reporting - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2005 7:39:41 PM
- re: The Microsoft OS - Tom Brosz - 1/17/2005 7:05:52 PM
- No doubt true - FrankC - 1/17/2005 5:53:49 PM
  - That's what I have always thought, but - Todd - 1/24/2005 4:00:32 AM

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