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Mystery of Microsoft's automatic updates
News As first reported on Windows user group AeroXperience, last week the automatic updates feature caused some Windows machines to reboot. We have received some logs from customers, and have so far been able to determine that their AU [automatic update...
[October 16, 2007, 17:14]
Beware of automatic updates for XP
News Automatic updates may spell trouble Can any security specialist or IT manager concerned with simplifying system maintenance really trust Microsoft to make automatic patches to their systems? The following day, it was announced that around 20MB of...
[November 9, 2001, 11:31]
Beware of automatic updates for XP
Talkback And I am just wondering if one of the updates has stopped me getting into one of my operating systems? The first thing I found was when I went to read the other letters, I couldn`t, I kept getting a 404 error, I wonder why Microsoft don`t want us...
[May 31, 2004, 21:02]
Security experts voice IE7 push concerns
News Microsoft's plan to push Internet Explorer 7 out via Automatic Updates has alarmed some security experts. IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter of this year as a "high priority" update via Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Gary Schare...
[July 27, 2006, 15:05]
Microsoft updates always cause hassles!!
Talkback I had automatic updates (xp) turned off on my laptop and all was running fine for months, until eventually i got fed up with the system reminding me about it so i turned automatic updates on and the software proceeded to download & install service...
[December 1, 2009, 12:14]
Windows patches may become automatic
News Microsoft is considering changing the way that Windows updates security patches, making the update process automatic by default, following the latest round of security problems for Windows users. Currently, automatic updates are available as an...
[August 21, 2003, 13:30]
Xbox update shuts out Linux
Talkback I do not like the idea of automatic updates. I believe customers and people in general should be able to have a choice to opt out of automatic updates. I understand MS is all about the almighty dollar and bottom line.
[October 15, 2003, 1:47]
Ubuntu Jaunty - Positive and Negative
Blog Comment Moley, I'm not certain but I think that automatic online updates were disabled in the Jaunty Betas. Needless to say, with the final release the automatic notification system is once again active. That made sense to me, because there were a lot of...
[April 30, 2009, 7:13]
Privacy Issues
Talkback Although I don't use an unauthorised copy of Vista, I have heard that the Frankenbuild of Vista will still disable itself even if automatic updates have been turned off. This suggests that either Vista has a phone home mechanism built in to...
[December 18, 2006, 13:54]
Xbox update shuts out Linux
Talkback Hey guess what fuckstick, you didn't authorize the seven automatic updates that came before this one either, but I didn't hear you complaining then, asshole. Depending upon which and how many XBL titles he owns there could have been as many as 20...
[October 17, 2003, 22:19]
Windows Defender Beta 2 review
Reviews We also had the option of receiving automatic database updates but not joining Spynet. And, of course, there's an option not to receive automatic updates as well. Moreover, automatic updates are free, making this the only free anti-spyware program...
[February 22, 2006, 8:10]
Is your anti-virus program still working? review
Reviews The product, like its popular home version, features automatic live updates of the latest signature files, yet they were getting hit with several variations of the Bagle virus, plus some other new viruses.
[June 15, 2004, 9:05]
Second service packs released for Vista, Server 2008
News Microsoft has not said precisely when the service packs will be rolled out as automatic updates, although Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc said in a blog post on Tuesday that this would happen "sometime during the coming months".
[May 27, 2009, 12:50]
*SMobile Security Shield for Symbian
Downloads Subscription-based licensing entitles the user to one year of automatic, OTA virus definition updates, with seamless license transfer (when moving to a new device) as well as automatic, over-the-air application updates.Security Shield has been...
[October 15, 2008, 8:00]
Service Pack 2 gets the green light
News The update should be distributed to approximately 100 million PCs through automatic updates during the next two months, Microsoft said. Microsoft will make the free update available via download and via CD, but it is recommending that customers...
[August 9, 2004, 8:45]
Microsoft struggles to push out IE7
News Everyone who uses an English language version of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Automatic Updates enabled should receive a notice to upgrade to IE7 by the end of January, said Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of IE product management.
[November 14, 2006, 16:36]
Microsoft leaves Word flaws unpatched
News Microsoft does recommend that all customers sign up for Microsoft Update and enable its Automatic Updates functionality to receive all updates available this month and to help make their systems more secure," a Microsoft representative said in an...
[January 10, 2007, 8:52]
Tech support for your parents review
Reviews Then click the Automatic Updates tab and turn it on. The best thing you can do for a parent who has a Windows computer is to make sure that Automatic Updates are turned on so that the system is getting the important security updates that Microsoft...
[December 30, 2004, 13:20]
Microsoft delays release of Update tool
News Also, Microsoft developers are busy with a new Automatic Updates agent that will be incorporated into Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), a long-awaited revamp of Windows XP. The necessary integration of Automatic Updates into SP2, and required...
[July 13, 2004, 16:35]
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3
Blog Customers running WHS PP3 will not need to do anything to the server itself if automatic updates are configured, although the connector software on each client should be updated manually as this doesn't happen automatically.
[December 4, 2009, 9:18]
