Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Sep 2007 14:02 UTC, submitted by tux68
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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No. That's the core of the problem. The core of the article was that Microsoft was invading your privacy and modifying the entire OS by installing all kind of updates without your consent.
Remove the sensationalism of the article and you would have had a good story. As it stands now it is just obnoxious second rate "journalism".
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As far as I can tell there is very little to this story.
Automatic updates to WU only happens if one of the following are true:
* You have notifications turned on,
* You have automatic download turned on,
OR
* You have automatic installation turned on.
If Windows Update is turned off on your system Windows Update will not be automatically updated. It will however be updated (if necessary) when running Windows Update manually.
Microsoft should of course not install updates to WU automatically unless configured so. It should notify users of updates to Windows Update, and letting the user know that further notifications would not be received until WU had been updated.
EDIT: Forgot an "on". And fixed spelling error in "Forget" --> "Forgot".
Edited 2007-09-14 14:14 UTC