Windows Update update screws updating
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| Earlier this year, Microsoft pushed out what is being termed a 'stealth
| update' to Windows Update. Normally, users are asked via the Update system
| what new patches, security fixes and the like to install and are prompted to
| install and reboot. However, this fix - which was to the Update system
| itself - was a stealth push from Microsoft, and installed under the radar.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/01/windows-update-update-screws
A bit repetitive, but it's worth showing how Microsoft screws up (literally)
people's PCs without their permission (they explicitly decline).
Recent (shortly before this incident):
Microsoft's plans for XP
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| In yet another conspiracist theory, I explain how Microsoft plans to phase
| out XP and force upgrades to Vista.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/92724/index.html
Related:
Bang Goes the DST Time Bomb
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| Monday brought more jeers than cheers from IT organizations
| about daylight-saving time fixes and the immediate impact
| on Microsoft software.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/bang_goes_the_dst_time_bomb.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/ynsvra
Microsoft Customers Irate over Daylight-Saving Time Woes
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| Updated: This year's daylight-saving time change is causing major
| frustration for IT administrators running Microsoft programs that
| need to be individually patched to reflect the change.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2102366,00.asp
No Saving Time in Microsoft DST Patches?
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| IT managers are feeling grumpy about Microsoft's preparations for
| this year's early daylight-saving time. If anything, the situation
| shines another glaring light on patch management problems, how long
| Microsoft supports products and how much longer businesses tend to
| use them.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/no_saving_time_in_microsoft_dst_patches.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2rvf3a
Microsoft customers melting down over Daylight Saving patches
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| A number of users in the DST chat room are reporting problems
| getting their Blackberry servers and devices to sync up with
| their DST-patched Exchange servers. Others, in spite of Microsoft
| warnings to apply DST patches in a specific order, are running
| into problems because they are attempting to patch Exchange
| before Windows.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=307
Microsoft Cuts Price of Daylight Savings Time Patches
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| For users running that software, Microsoft charges $4,000 per product
| for DST fixes.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129550-c,industrynews/article.html
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