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|    Ed Vance to MARK LEWIS    |
|    Analog Clock for XP    |
|    11 Jul 12 23:04:00    |
      ML>FWIW: i never download anything from CNET any more... not since they have       ML>started wrapping their own installer around the package you are       downloading..       ML>they've done this so they can "sneak" in other software they get paid for       ML>distributing and getting installed... this made big news recently when it       was       ML>found that the nmap network software was carrying other software with it and       ML>was not how the original author distributed it to CNET and other places for       ML>download...              Mark,              I just now quit trying to search for a "Free XP Analog Clock" because       the 3 sites I found in my search, including CNET, after I had downloaded       the clock setup file the setup program wanted to Download something.              I had went to my Admin account and clicked on the digital clock on the       taskbar to see if it could be changed to Analog like I could on Win3.1 .              But there wasn't an option to do it, so I went searching on Ask.com for       a Analog Clock to use on my Limited account Desktop.              I got tired after tries that wanted access to the net to 'install' a       clock.              Do you know of one I can get that isn't so aggrevating? Thanks!                      * SLMR 2.1a #T348 * Oxymoron #40: Ironclad Guarantee       --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux        * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1)    |
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