1Freon1, I didn't take any offense, I try to keep up with privacy concerns & take whatever measures I feel are prudent for me. I appreciate seeing other folks' opinions of such sensitive subjects. I don't feel the "spyware" elements imbedded in mainstream softwares are evil or malicious, but I do have an unavoidable (for me) distaste for apps & services that suck up my resources for no specific benifit to me. - It's the same reason I went thru & resarched the 85-odd Services that my OEM XP starts up by default every time I boot up. I turned off all but 14 and haven't had any real problems from it. Would things run just as well if I'd left all alone? - It's certainly possible, but I feel better when I'm the final authority over what my computer spends it's resources on. (Streak of the paranoid, I guess :-))