RE: Windows search goes out to the internet?

["Gary Funck" <gary () intrepid com>]

> From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:27 AM
>
> I don't want Windows to go out to Microsoft everytime I attempt 
> to perform a search.... Why does it do this???
>
>  Start your sniffer or monitor your firewall log. 
> On XP, Just start, search for files and folders. 
> Why does your computer go to 
> http://sa.windows.com//sasearch/balloon.xsl before you even 
> search for anything? 

According to this microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin article,
the Search Assistant is calling home:
http://tinyurl.com/7e9uv
with a pointer to here,
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
for instructions to disable this "feature".





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