# Microsoft is controlling my computer!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-controlling-my-computer/144493>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 23, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-controlling-my-computer/144493 "2002-12-23T05:18:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-controlling-my-computer/144493/1 "2002-12-23T05:18:18Z")

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And I don’t just mean it’s got windows on it.  
For months my Media Player has a had a problem - it plays every other mp3 track (plays only odd or only even) it has been doing it today until about 4am (I work nights tomorow). At about 4am I went to a media player newsgroup and asked them why it does it. Ever since that post it has ceased to do it!

After months of racking my brains, asking the dopers, searching the options, I have failed to stop it skipping tracks. then I ask in a microsoft newsgroup. all of a sudden, it ceases to skip tracks!  
co-incidence? or is microsoft monitoring everything I do?

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-controlling-my-computer/144493/2 "2002-12-23T05:51:54Z")

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Wow, I’ve heard of that problem before.

Is this just a coincidence, or is it part of something… bigger? (Buddy Lee)

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**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-controlling-my-computer/144493/3 "2002-12-23T14:56:41Z")

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Remember, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that Microsoft _isn’t_ following you around.

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-controlling-my-computer/144493/4 "2002-12-23T15:42:58Z")

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co-incidence dude. doncha think msft has better things to do…