What are Microsoft Shift Asserts? Since installing Office 2008 I get
these each time I quit - to a variety of servers usually
sqm.microsoft.com but I have seen others via Little Snitch.
Couldn't see references to these when I had a quick search on Google.
Asserts are placed in software to assist its developer, often as a
testing mechanism to alert them that something is wrong. For example, an
assert may be placed in a section of code that's never suppose to be
triggered. But if the assert is triggered then something went wrong.
SQM, which is the name of the server you're seeing, stands for Software
Quality Management.
What you're seeing is most likely the result of you having said "Yes" to
the question during your installation that asked, "Are you willing to
participate in the customer experience improvement program?"
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http://www.microsoft.com/products/ceip/en-en/default.mspx>
This is an anonymous program where you allow your software to send
Microsoft feedback about how it's doing. It should never transmit
anything personally identifying about you or any information that you
are creating but if you're uncomfortable you can disable this in any
Office 2008 application's preferences under "Feedback".
Hope this helps!
--
bill
William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
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http://entourage.mvps.org/>
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http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
