Microsoft Mulls Auto-Updates For Longhorn
Posted by: [NT] on: 08/19/2003 04:19 PM [ Print | 3 comment(s) ] · 1249 views
According to the Washington Post, Microsoft is contemplating the use of automatic upgrades to its software in order to reduce the likelihood of people getting hit by worms, viruses and the like.
The difference between that and the scheme currently being used, according to the Post, is that people will be able to opt out of the auto-upgrades.
That ability is important because in large organisations and businesses, there are often policies about applying patches and the like, it being a much less trivial affair than for Mr Joe Public.
The article quotes a Microsoft executive as saying that people don't want the firm to automatically put software on their machines.
Source : The Inquirer
The difference between that and the scheme currently being used, according to the Post, is that people will be able to opt out of the auto-upgrades.
That ability is important because in large organisations and businesses, there are often policies about applying patches and the like, it being a much less trivial affair than for Mr Joe Public.
The article quotes a Microsoft executive as saying that people don't want the firm to automatically put software on their machines.
Source : The Inquirer
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tutu Unregistered |
#46437 Posted on: 08/19/2003 04:28 PM
The article quotes a Microsoft executive as saying that people don't want the firm to automatically put software on their machines Yes, stick to that. I would prefer to know anything that gets installed/updated on _MY_ machine. |
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SBeaver Unregistered |
#46438 Posted on: 08/19/2003 05:12 PM
Why do they insist on using the word "mulls" all the time? It sounds really ugly. How about "MS is considering" orsomething like that. |
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popeye1701 Unregistered |
#46439 Posted on: 08/19/2003 05:24 PM
it wouldn't be so bad if AU was fast. It currently is about 100 times slower than going to windowsupdate and updating from there. I recently had to do a test using AU. A 1Mb (approx) took nearly 3 hours AND i'm on 512mb DSL! Personally i prefer to pick what i download before it has actually downloaded. |
