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   #32. Posted at 11:53 AM on Sep 14th 2007 Edit   Reply
herothezero
Wow. Like Forge said, much ado about nothing. Nothing at all.

Unless you're like the client I visited yesterday with a crackpatched copy of WinXP, that just wouldn't do anything anymore--no internet, no printer, half-assed Explorer functionality, et al.

Have to wonder why people bother with that broken/hacked crap. Are people really too poor for a legit copy of Windows?
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#32, Well when a legit retail copy costs $200 (XP Home) or $220 (...  :  evermore  (#33)  «
#33, I think that all of those reasons are a complete cop-out,...  :  WaltC  (#37)  «

   #22. Posted at 01:08 AM on Sep 14th 2007 Edit   Reply
Krogoth
IANAL, but I think a good legal read in EULA may clear this issue up.
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#22, Since when was the EULA a legally binding contract? In any ca...  :  stdPikachu  (#25)  «
#25, "Since when was the EULA a legally binding contract?" As s...  :  BKA  (#26)  «
#26, Even if one is under 18?  :  SPOOFE  (#30)  «
#30, I bet the answer to that is in the EULA. ;)  :  Vrock  (#31)  «
#26, So when did the contract negotiation period happen? Wh...  :  stdPikachu  (#34)  «
#34, The same as any other contract that you sign online...  :  BKA  (#35)  «
#35, Ah OK. That makes it all fine then.  :  stdPikachu  (#36)  «

   #3. Posted at 05:16 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
Forge
Ok, I expect Slashdot to put up stories without fact checking, but I'm surprised that TR repeated it.

MS didn't push down updates to random machines, they installed updates to the Windows Update software itself, when the users VISITED THE WINDOWS UPDATE WEB SITE!!!!

I don't like MS much, but this is making a mountain out of a very samll molehill.
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#3, Actually, the article says nothing about the Windows Update ...  :  evermore  (#7)  «
#7, You have to give Microsoft some credit for that misleadin...  :  BiffStroganoffsky  (#11)  «
#11, I work as an infrastructure engineer in my IT departme...  :  Master Kenobi  (#27)  «
#3, Agreed, Forge. The really funny thing, in addition to all of...  :  WaltC  (#29)  «

   #28. Posted at 10:26 AM on Sep 14th 2007 Edit   Reply
PRIME1
You don't own the software you are just "licensing" it.
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   #13. Posted at 08:58 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
seeker010
One question we have been asked is why do we update the client code for Windows Update automatically if the customer did not opt into automatically installing updates without further notice? ...
Well I'm wondering why they don't have a notification that notifies you that an update to the automatic update is available.
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#13, Is there any reason you would NOT want it to update the auto...  :  evermore  (#15)  «
#15, Some big assumptions in that comment.  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#19)  «
#19, Assumptions like if you turned it on you want it to wo...  :  evermore  (#23)  «
#15, Yep, there is one reason I can think. That is if you're u...  :  boing  (#20)  «
#15, How about if you're in a validated environment (pharmaceu...  :  davidedney123  (#24)  «

   #21. Posted at 01:08 AM on Sep 14th 2007, Edited at 01:11 AM on Sep 14th 2007 Edit   Reply
emi25
Somebody installs something on my computer without my knowlege ?
this isn't the bahavior of spyware or viruses ?
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   #18. Posted at 11:13 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
Archer
NVM my comments
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   #12. Posted at 08:18 PM on Sep 13th 2007, Edited at 08:21 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
barich
If Automatic Updates is completely disabled, the Windows Update client will not automatically update itself. You do not have to disable the "Automatic Updates" service to do this. You merely have to disable it in the Automatic Updates control panel.

If, however, it is set to ask before installing updates, or ask before downloading updates, it will install updates for itself without asking.

I'm not sure why this is a big deal, or even news at all. If you want to be notified when updates are downloaded or available, the Windows Update client needs to be the proper version to actually do it.
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#12, #12...Automatic Updates service and BITS are turned off on m...  :  Archer  (#14)  «
#14, Did you actually see an update event in the event viewer?...  :  evermore  (#16)  «
#16, Nope. I was surprised to see that my files had been up...  :  Archer  (#17)  «

   #8. Posted at 05:59 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
droopy1592
I have updates off, but when I reboot lately (every 2 weeks or so) it says "installing updates" during the shutdown.
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#8, Your system is slowing down. It probably always said that bu...  :  evermore  (#10)  «

   #9. Posted at 06:19 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
somegeek
There are a lot of good reasons to hate Vista and Windows but this doesn't appear to be one of them:

"...WU does not automatically update itself when Automatic Updates is turned off..."
Nate Clinton, Program Manager, Windows Update

http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2007/09/13/how-windows-update-k...
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   #6. Posted at 05:51 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
provoko
Windows update updates it's self silently? WTF!....
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   #1. Posted at 04:42 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
Vrock
So the question is, why?
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#1, They'll just probably say "security concerns" or something a...  :  lethal  (#2)  «
#2, Actually, this kind of thing gets noticed almost immediat...  :  UberGerbil  (#5)  «

   #4. Posted at 05:23 PM on Sep 13th 2007 Edit   Reply
2_tyma
This isnt as bad as the Sony root kit in 2005.
if its any consolation
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