At 08:41 PM 8/12/2011 -0400, Ken Dibble wrote: > >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 ... >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 ...
http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/microsoft-updates-windows-without-users-consent/ MS can do it again any time they want. And actually, it seems like they sort of did (supposed to notify user before install, but the message didn't appear). The crux of the issue is that you cannot trust MS to regulate itself, and I doubt you can protect yourself from MS with just software measures on the machine in question. You're going to have to rely on other external hardware/software for that. Remember, if things really start to look bad for MS market share, etc, they'll just start whacking anyone with competing software on the computer (claiming it's not "trusted" of course). Oh, and don't forget, this is all within their "legal" right according to their license statement. Of course, you could write your own app to monitor all files on the PC, but then the damage'd be done by the time you recognized it anyway. -Charlie _______________________________________________ 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.
