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Warp2Search.net » News » September 2007 » Microsoft: 'Secret' updates were for Windows Update

Microsoft: 'Secret' updates were for Windows Update

Posted by: Philipp Esselbach on: 09/13/2007 08:01 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 1769 views

InfoWorld posted a news story on the recent 'secret' Windows updates



Microsoft claims updates sent out to Windows XP and Vista machines without users knowing about them were for the Windows Update mechanism, though the company acknowledged it could have been more "transparent" before changing files on user computers.

>> Microsoft: 'Secret' updates were for Windows Update



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