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Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
13-09-2007 5:16 PM
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It seems that they have been doing updates on files on the end users system, even if Windows Update isn't enabled. So far it's only files used by Windows Update itself that have been altered, but who knows what could be next?
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Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
13-09-2007 10:28 PM
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Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
13-09-2007 11:18 PM
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13-09-2007 11:29 PM
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Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
14-09-2007 12:04 AM
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Back to Win98 for me then
Wait, it BSOD's every 5 mins, guess I stuck with this.... lol
Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
14-09-2007 8:37 AM
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14-09-2007 9:17 AM
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Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
15-09-2007 12:37 PM
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For XP go into Control Panel and turn off Automatic Updates in the control panel applet. Then go to Administrative tools (If you are using Category view, you need to go through Performance and Maintenance). Double click on the Services icon. In the window that opens find "Automatic Updates" in the list. Double click on it. Stop the service with the button, then when stopped, select disabled from the pull down list.
OK out of that box, then find "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" in the list and double click it. It should already be stopped, but if not, stop it with the button. Then set it as disabled.
Now Automatic updates is fully off the computer will not even download them. You can still visit the Windows update site and install items manually from there.
Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
15-09-2007 12:43 PM
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Also, IIRC, when BITS is enabled, it's not only Windows Update that can use it to transfer files to a machine. I'm sure I read a technet article about how to create a BITS-utilising application that transfers files. Pretty dangerous IMO.
Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
15-09-2007 12:49 PM
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One thing that really annoys me is that shutting down Automatic updates requires stopping the services I mentioned; why is it that when you disable it in the control panel, Windows doesn't immediately disable the services?
Perhaps it's to provide opportunities to do just what Microsoft has done.
Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
27-09-2007 11:07 AM
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Quote from: Phil_E
One thing that really annoys me is that shutting down Automatic updates requires stopping the services I mentioned; why is it that when you disable it in the control panel, Windows doesn't immediately disable the services?
Because you're only disabling "Windows update" and not "Windows update update"
Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
28-09-2007 6:19 PM
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28-09-2007 6:24 PM
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28-09-2007 11:00 PM
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If XP crashes you could be in trouble I believe there is a fix to fix the fix
Re: Shame on Microsoft - Secret Updates
28-09-2007 11:17 PM
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Quote from: samuria Whats more important is these secret updates screw up Xp so if you try and do a repair from the cd it wont work.
That's what Gods post pointed to
Question is: Will the fix be given out secretly?
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