Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Sep 2007 14:02 UTC, submitted by tux68
Windows Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates. Many companies require testing of patches before they are widely installed, and businesses in this situation are objecting to the stealth patching. "Normal behaviour," according to Microsoft.
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RE: Hmm...
by anomie on Fri 14th Sep 2007 19:27 UTC in reply to "Hmm..."
anomie
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2007-02-26

You said:
Microsoft should of course not install updates to WU automatically unless configured so. It should notify users of updates to Windows Update...

That's the whole point of the article that you found "very little to".

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