*So I was in the process of installing LabVIEW2011 and was asked to read and agree to NI License Agreements, which I did, after which another Window came up asking me to agree to 2 Microsoft EULAs for “Silverlight”.
I started reading the agreements and came to a couple of paragraphs in bold font informing me that by installing the software I was giving Microsoft permission to (paraphrasing here)
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snoop around the computer and send information about it back to Microsoft, and
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allow Microsoft to automatically, without my knowledge or further permission, download and install updates on the computer
What the heck does Microsoft have to do with LabVIEW?? I do not trust Microsoft and I don’t want to give Microsoft these permissions. All I want is a way to look at the LabVIEW help, and view and possibly create small vi’s. I don’t even need to compile, download, or run them.
What is Silverlight, and why do I need to install it to run LabVIEW? …especially since I unchecked everything in the install options window except for LabVIEW and the 2012 License.