My caller said he was from "WINDOWS Support" not Microsoft. There is a difference. Microsoft is trademarked, copyrighted etc. windows is not and can't be. Anyone can say they work for windows, Microsoft is a different story.
He got all huffy when I called hin a "pakistani scammer". In retrospect his English was so good he is probably Filippino.
BTW.. The button to cut it off has an ADVANCE setting too you need to open the Advance setting and also uncheck the box in the advance setting too.. that cuts on the # of hours that the system broadcasts it is looking for assistance . Dont know why Microsoft has not put out a bulletin on this.. They are the ones causing it.. If you dont do this you system is vulnerable to someone hacking it from a backdoor entrance. Here is the way to disable remote assitance on Windows XP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxePLojYeu8
Chris*, I understand you were planning to disconnect us. I can't allow that to happen. And now you are broadcasting our strategy in forums. That is against our rules Chris*. Guess who gets a nice virus the next time the log on? Have a nice day Chris*