Those are installed upon installing itunes/ipods. Weird that they are in your task manager, none are in mine, but running in the background. Many programs install services to increase functionality/speed. Checking the task manager for programs running is a lot easier then going to C:\WINDOWS\system32\blah. The files MS updated are not newly installed, but updates to current files. Aside from MS being able to at will install software, there is also the problem of many IT managers wanting to fully test all updates before applying them to their finely tuned network.
We don't own windows, or for that matter os x. They can do what they want. Mike On 9/13/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom MS is not alone. > > I have downloaded both Itunes to handle my podcast collections and > downloads, plus of course Quicktime for programs that need it. > > I turn off their little quicktime taskbar program. > > However sitting in my Windows taskmanager are three little programs > that I did not authorize or want running. > > Applemobiledevicesercice.exe > Ipodservice.exe > Ituneshelper.exe > > Not one of these programs have I authorized nor do I want them > running. However Apple must have earned from MS how to slip programs > into your system so you can go and do what you want without the > customer knowing it. SO MS is not alone in this concept, Jobs is not > far behind. > > Stewart > > > At 09:18 PM 9/13/2007, you wrote: > >Not surprising. As we have seen again and again this company is devoid of > >any sense of ethical behavior. The next step is using their control of > >computers to identify and transmit banking info back to headquarters so > >that they can bill for "valuable upgrades that we know the customer would > >want." > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Prince of Peace > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
