____/ Rick on Monday 24 September 2007 21:44 : \____
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:43:58 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Coincidence? WGA Failures Followed Windows Update 381
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | One plausible scenario: Windows PCs running Windows Update version |
>> 7.0.6000.374 (or earlier) failed to activate/validate against a WGA
>> service | updated for version 7.0.6000.381. Microsoft had attributed the
>> WGA failure to | early release of a system update, which could fit this
>> scenario. I haven't | set up a new Vista PC recently. But if I rightly
>> remember, activation is a | process that occurs before updating. `----
>>
>> http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/
> coincidence_wga_failures_followed_windows_update_381.html
>>
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> .----[ Quote ]
>> | If Microsoft ever wanted to get caught with their pants down, they |
>> succeeded. For most people, the above doesn't make a whole lot of |
>> sense past the "you might have a virus" part. VerifyMyPC requires a |
>> little extra knowledge about computer systems when dealing with the |
>> details. Google is your friend in these cases. Running searches for |
>> 'wups.dll' and 'wups2.dll' turns up something about Automatic | Updates.
>> In particular, those DLLs provide Automatic Update | functionality for
>> Windows.
>> |
>> | In other words, the Automatic Updates utility automatically updated |
>> itself. Now this might not seem like a big deal but I have | automatic
>> updates set to manual (both download and installation | have to be
>> approved by me) and not the usual 'automatic' setting | found on most
>> user PCs. In other words, Windows updated itself | without my express
>> permission. Such behavior is right in line with | spyware-like activity.
>> `----
>>
>> http://cubicspot.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-update-updating-
> without.html
>
> great... so people won't be able to get computers with Linux installed
> either...
Don't worry. It has gotten easier to install. I have spoken to some important
sources in the UK and similar legislation is in the works here. :-) Parliament
meeting next week..
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