As a UI nazi I have to tell you that the use of radio buttons is exclusive for situations where you want one and exactly one option to be chosen by the user. In all other cases checkboxes are the right UI element.

See also: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511488.aspx (User Interface Guidelines about Radio Buttons)
And: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511452.aspx (User Interface Guidelines about Checkboxes)


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