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   Snit to All   
   Re: Microsoft Hates Free Will (and its c   
   27 Apr 11 13:31:25   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: usenet@gallopinginsanity.com   
      
   Justin stated in post ip9tpe$fh7$1@dont-email.me on 4/27/11 1:19 PM:   
      
   >>>>   
   >>>> I suspect Slade and I are not getting that screen because we have   
   >>>> installed   
   >>>> CutePDF in the past and unchecked that box and it remembers... but   
   >>>> that is   
   >>>> just a guess. I do not recall ever getting that with CutePDF, but I   
   >>>> used to   
   >>>> with Glary Utilities - same exact screen. Maybe it remembers from one   
   >>>> program to the next - both asking for the Ask Toolbar? Who knows...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The problem, though, is a poor UI and you not reading the screen   
   >>>> carefully.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Either way, it sucks; justlike everything related to Windows.   
   >>   
   >> Ok, you were trolling then.   
   >> Your sensibilities are so noted, you trolling fsckwit!   
   >   
   > It actually makes sense.   
   > Since I don't actually own the OS, I shouldn't be allowed to decide what   
   > gets installed.   
   > I wonder when Microsoft will start putting ads as the desktop.  After   
   > all it is their right.   
      
   In this case you *do* get to decide... though the UI sucks (and is not   
   controlled by MS anyway).   
      
      
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