I can see the RealPlayer install being negated by the return to a
restore point but that doesn't explain the deletion of a backup copy
known only to Chris. But I also don't believe in any nefarious
intentions on the part of Microsoft. Not that Microsoft is devoid of
nefarious intentions; I just don't see any business or monetary
advantage for them to do this but do see plenty of disincentives.
There's some other explanation but I don't know what it is.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/29/2013 11:09 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Speaking of disabling software, I turned on my laptop just now and
>> discovered that RealPlayer has been uninstalled. Not just that,
>> but the backup copy of the install file that I saved in a software
>> archive folder was also deleted.
>>
>> Is this yet another intrusion by Microsoft, this time forcing you
>> to use nothing but their media player?
>
> I've only seen this behavior when it's intercepted by the virus
> checker, or when it returned to a restore point. I'm wondering if
> there was a failure during the install and it restored to the point
> prior to installation.
>
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