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Skriven 2006-06-09 10:34:40 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 11422 av Robert G Lewis (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Yet another Vista feature bites the dust
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From: "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com>

Is the new update software and installer something you just had to download in
the last week or two?  If it is, then maybe I'll go ahead and let it update me.

Thanks,

Gary

"Robert G Lewis" <r.g.lewis@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:4488f085$1@w3.nls.net...
> For what its worth I had to load the 'new' update software and installer.
> No problems and it did not install the WGA.
>
> One of the few problems I've had with WU was a driver update. If I allow
> it to be loaded it will hose my sound.
>
> "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message
> news:4488ed5c$1@w3.nls.net...
>>I declined the install of this version of the WGA and told autoupdates not
>>to offer it again.  As far as I know, I don't have it on my laptop.  I
>>visited windows update recently and suddenly I don't have the right
>>version of the update software and Microsoft installer (I did before), and
>>now I don't get any updates offered unless I first update my update
>>software.  It doesn't tell me what it wants to install, and I'm concerned
>>that if I let it install I'll end up with the WGA Trojan.  On the other
>>hand, if I don't let it install I can't get security updates anymore?
>>
>> I'm tempted to just screw the security updates.  I don't go to any
>> websites that are likely to have a Trojan or infection waiting for me,
>> and AVAST is up to date.  I had to uninstall all the updates from mid
>> April forward because at least one of them screwed up certain display
>> elements in MS Office 2000 ( I suspect because my Intel 855 chipset
>> integrated video includes among its drivers a specialized older version
>> of an nvidia driver to handle multiple monitor stuff).  Updating the
>> driver isn't an available option.
>>
>> I'm beginning to think, hey my computer works well and I like how
>> everything is running, maybe NOT installing any future updates is the
>> best choice given the kind of stuff Microsoft is now slipping into the
>> update process?
>>
>> Any thoughts by anyone on this idea?
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:4488c388$1@w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> "/m" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
>>> news:d5dh82drvivcs61i1l3e3q2stvv3jr3msb@4ax.com...
>>>> On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 19:16:24 -0400, "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Microsoft officials said they cut the feature due to quality concerns
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yet they are willing to download WGA software that they admit may be
>>>> problematic onto hundreds of millions of users' PCs, without letting
>>>> those users know of the possible problematic nature of WGA.
>>>>
>>>>  /m
>>>
>>> Not only that Microsoft snuck the wga trojan onto many PCs around April
>>> 25th. Two of my PCs rebooted after receiving the unscheduled update then
>>> and magically the trojan was installed.  Microsoft's current spin on the
>>> 'Genuine' forum  is if you don't wish the trojan just set your pc for
>>> autoupdates and you will just receive security updates. That's how I got
>>> the FREAKIN trojan.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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