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At the time, an Asus spokesperson promised an investigation at "quite a high level",<!-- Since this section now mentions HOW it happened, can we remove this? --><!-- Disagree, it helps the reader understand the Asus response --> but declined to comment on how the files got on the machines and recovery media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/224892/asus-ships-software-cracker-on-recovery-dvd.html |title=News: Asus ships software cracker on recovery DVD |publisher=PC Pro |date=17 September 2008 |accessdate=1 June 2010}}</ref> It was demonstrated that an unattended installation of Windows Vista could accidentally copy material from a flash drive with a parameter in the "unattend.xml" file on the personal flash drive being used to script the installation.<ref>{{cite web |first=Anthony |last=Cargile |title=Asus Recovery DVD scandal: How it happened |url=http://thecoffeedesk.com/news/index.php/2008/09/20/asus-recovery-dvd-scandal-how-it-happened/ |work=The Coffee Desk |date=20 September 2008 |accessdate=18 February 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110108213957/http://thecoffeedesk.com/news/index.php/2008/09/20/asus-recovery-dvd-scandal-how-it-happened/| archivedate= 8 January 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Timothy |last=Lord |title=How Asus Recovery Disks Ended Up Carrying Software Cracks |url=http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/22/0149222.shtml |work=Slashdot |publisher=Geeknet, Inc. |date=22 September 2008 |accessdate=18 February 2011}}</ref> | At the time, an Asus spokesperson promised an investigation at "quite a high level",<!-- Since this section now mentions HOW it happened, can we remove this? --><!-- Disagree, it helps the reader understand the Asus response --> but declined to comment on how the files got on the machines and recovery media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/224892/asus-ships-software-cracker-on-recovery-dvd.html |title=News: Asus ships software cracker on recovery DVD |publisher=PC Pro |date=17 September 2008 |accessdate=1 June 2010}}</ref> It was demonstrated that an unattended installation of Windows Vista could accidentally copy material from a flash drive with a parameter in the "unattend.xml" file on the personal flash drive being used to script the installation.<ref>{{cite web |first=Anthony |last=Cargile |title=Asus Recovery DVD scandal: How it happened |url=http://thecoffeedesk.com/news/index.php/2008/09/20/asus-recovery-dvd-scandal-how-it-happened/ |work=The Coffee Desk |date=20 September 2008 |accessdate=18 February 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110108213957/http://thecoffeedesk.com/news/index.php/2008/09/20/asus-recovery-dvd-scandal-how-it-happened/| archivedate= 8 January 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Timothy |last=Lord |title=How Asus Recovery Disks Ended Up Carrying Software Cracks |url=http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/22/0149222.shtml |work=Slashdot |publisher=Geeknet, Inc. |date=22 September 2008 |accessdate=18 February 2011}}</ref> | ||
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}}2 April 1990 | |
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}}T.H. Tung Ted Hsu Wayne Hsieh M.T. Liao | |
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