>Regarding this 'Microsoft does updates without user permission" thing >... I can find two recent instances, in 2007 and 2009 and both seemed to >be where it was the Windows Update service itself that was updated >without user intervention. I can't find any instances since then, and >given the army of people out there with Wireshark who check this sort of >thing, if there were we'd hear about it.
I have never seen Windows 2000, XP, or 7 experience a "forced update" when automatic updates is turned completely off (I've never seen Vista do anything, thank goodness ;)). It may not be enough to change it from "automatically update" to "tell me if I have updates and ask me if I want them"--though I don't know that for sure since I"ve never used that option. I just turn it completely off and manually update what, and when, I want. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
