Comments on: Stealth Microsoft update breaks Windows Update on “repaired” XP http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:38:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Dan Long http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896#comment-302751 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:49:45 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896#comment-302751 I just don't get it. Why does Microsoft have the right to park anything on my computer system without my consent? Dodge doesn't force me to get a tune-up, Toyota doesn't force me to get a tune-up. Even my own doctor doesn't force me to get a tune-up. Where does Microsoft get the right to invade my computer system and tune it up to their specifications? I just don’t get it. Why does Microsoft have the right to park anything on my computer system without my consent? Dodge doesn’t force me to get a tune-up, Toyota doesn’t force me to get a tune-up. Even my own doctor doesn’t force me to get a tune-up. Where does Microsoft get the right to invade my computer system and tune it up to their specifications?

]]> by: Palomar Jack http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896#comment-297677 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:37:26 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896#comment-297677 "...I will admit that if a notification popped up with an update centered around Windows Update, I most likely would have downloaded and installed it anyway..." Then you're an idiot. Most, if not all updates and patches center around Internet Explorer. That being the case, why even update or patch Windows in the first place? Except for the occasional website, just use a more secure browser from the start, but you knew that right? Oops, I guess not. “…I will admit that if a notification popped up with an update centered around Windows Update, I most likely would have downloaded and installed it anyway…”

Then you’re an idiot. Most, if not all updates and patches center around Internet Explorer. That being the case, why even update or patch Windows in the first place? Except for the occasional website, just use a more secure browser from the start, but you knew that right? Oops, I guess not.

]]> by: Kefrotate.Com » Stealth Microsoft update breaks Windows Update on “repaired” XP http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896#comment-297436 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:02:29 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896#comment-297436 [...] admin wrote an interesting post today on Stealth Microsoft update breaks Windows Update on ârepairedâ XPHere’s a quick excerpt [...] […] admin wrote an interesting post today on Stealth Microsoft update breaks Windows Update on ârepairedâ XPHere’s a quick excerpt […]

]]> by: Xbox » Stealth Microsoft update breaks Windows Update on “repaired” XP http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896#comment-297420 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:15:35 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4896#comment-297420 [...] Admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBy Michael Santo Executive Editor, RealTechNews While Microsoft said the “stealth install” of updated Windows update files — even when users had disabled automatic updating — which we wrote about earlier, was harmless, it turns out it … [...] […] Admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBy Michael Santo Executive Editor, RealTechNews While Microsoft said the “stealth install” of updated Windows update files — even when users had disabled automatic updating — which we wrote about earlier, was harmless, it turns out it … […]

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