How timely a discussion. Yesterday I did a Windows update. I have it configured for notification and manual update. Besides the necessary updates there was an Optional update; a Bing tool bar. MS labeled it as an "update" and I took this to mean that it was already installed on my system. So, in a "senior moment" I checked the "update" for install. This resulted in a new, floating tool bar on my desktop. It only took a few minutes to uninstall it, but I was not pleased at yet another valued update process being used to add bloat ware through ambiguous labeling. I also resent sites that identify themselves as sources for the download of software that you need and then presenting you with multiple, prominently placed, and deceptive download buttons for products unrelated to the searched for product. You might find a download button for the correct product, but it won't be the most featured. All of these practices are deceptive at best and it is a shame that respectable, trusted companies such as MS seem to be adopting them.

The tape drive was going bad, so the SOS was a good alert even though it did not give a hint to what the actual problem was.

An internal tape drive with a power light started constantly flashing the power light. Having been in the Army, I recognized the light pattern: ... --- ... (SOS).

I C Sharp, therefore I am!