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wustat/wutrack.windows.com - What are they Used For?

Posted by Cliff on from the I-spy-bill's-secret-little-eye dept.

An Anonymous Coward asks: "On Windows XP today when i ran 'netstat', I noticed an http connection to wustat.windows.com. Several minutes later when i tried again I had an http connection to wutrack.windows.com. A search on google yields few results. Since windows.com is registered to microsoft, it makes me curious to know what wustat and wutrack stand for and what their purpose is. Is it Windows Usage Statistics/Tracking?" Has anyone else seen this on their XP systems?

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  1. There's really only one solution to this problem: by hackwrench · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot it!

    and if we're lucky, someone will pop around to see what happened to their server that we can tie up and grill mercilessly

  2. It's Quite Elementary by jcenters · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is all part of Microsoft's plans for world domination. Observe:

    Step 1: Use Windows XP to gather information on and track its users.

    Step 2: Annex the Fatherland.

    Step 3: In a twist of brutal irony, step three is a hostile takeover of Apple.

    Step 4: There is no Step 4.

    Happy Microserfing!

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    vi ~/.emacs

  3. Re:The Immediate Assumption... by billn · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's out of vogue because who says so? If it's no longer the fad, that means it's retro! Just like those of us who still love 80s music, so shall we carry on the tradition of remembering the days MS sucked.. hey, wait..

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    - billn