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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Oct 2007 20:03 UTC, submitted by Geonon

Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search tool on users' desktops without approval. The mistake happened because Microsoft reused the same update package for when WDS was first published in February as an optional update that was only applicable to systems with the search tool previously installed.

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RE: Suspicious

by TaterSalad on Mon 29th Oct 2007 20:55 UTC in reply to "Suspicious"

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2005-07-06

Not me. Mistakes happen. If anything I would think Google would be the one trying to sabotage since they had a fit over not being the default search on Vista.

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RE[2]: Suspicious

by flanque on Mon 29th Oct 2007 21:37 in reply to "RE: Suspicious"

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2005-12-15

Yeah mistakes do happen that's true, but I just don't understand how something that is as obvious as this being missed through all the Q/A processes.

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RE[3]: Suspicious

by stestagg on Tue 30th Oct 2007 11:08 in reply to "RE[2]: Suspicious"

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2006-06-03

Leaked slide from a UK Microsoft stakeholders meeting:

http://www.offsetdesign.co.uk/static/stakeholders.jpg

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