Back a few years ago, it was not unusual that an automatic update broke things. I recall one particularly nasty one that killed 2000 Server dead. Microsoft pulled it, but not until after 1000's of servers had to be loaded.
The last few years have been trouble free with updates (as much as Windows can be), but I still don't automatically apply any updates. Windows-7 now automatically updates everything including non-microsoft software and hardware (if the manufacturer pays microsoft for the service I suspect). Earlier this week the firmware in my ATI Digital Cable Tuner got one and dropped the show it was recording - nice "feature" :-( -Dave Walton On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Microsoft typically releases updates on (I think) the first tuesday of every > month. For very critical security problems they have been known to make an > exception, but it's rare. Depending on whether your computer is set to > auto-update silently or only with your permission this can be almost > imperceptable to quite annoying. > > I'm not sure whether Apple has a formal schedule like that; from experience > it seems more like they release updates "as needed". > > > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:47 -0500, "dave walton" <walton.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You can't get them all at once because Microsoft never changes an >> update once it is released. You have download the update, then update >> the update, then update the update that updated the update. Makes >> perfect sense - NOT! Service Packs are just a consolidation of all >> updates they think are important at a given point in time. Oh, and >> those never get changed once they are released either - which causes >> the same vicious circle to start all over again... >> >> -Dave Walton >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
