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The windows search hitting the internet thing in XP is just a buggy software update mechanism, it doesn't send a search term. Here's a good explanation: http:/
by bcoates 14y ago
The windows search hitting the internet thing in XP is just a buggy software update mechanism, it doesn't send a search term. Here's a good explanation: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/04/11/winxp_search_assistant_silently_downloads/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/04/11/winxp_search_assista...
- cooldeal 14y ago>But when I performed an Internet search, the Assistant sent my search terms to the Microsoft site, and also dropped a session cookie on my machine. OMG, an internet search sends keywords over the internet to an internet server! Stop the presses!