Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search tool on users' desktops without approval. The mistake happened because Microsoft reused the same update package for when WDS was first published in February as an optional update that was only applicable to systems with the search tool previously installed. 
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Member since:2005-07-06
True,
But when I called them to report the possible problem I had the following phone conversation (and I kid you not):
Gilboa: "Microsoft is auto-pushing their search engine..."
IT: "We know"
Gilboa: "It may slow people's computer down"
IT: "... Naah! It's integrated into the desktop... it doesn't slow the machine down"
Gilboa: "Argh. If people need it, they'll install it. People who don't need it will needlessly suffer!"
IT: "But we tested it!"
Gilboa: "On what machine? How loaded was the machine? For how long did you 'test' it?"
IT: "Err... I... we... tested it"
Gilboa: "Most people don't need it. It'll slow the machine down... Don't let MS auto-install it."
IT: "But we tested it..."
Gilboa: Click.
... Now this is what I call MSDN mentality...
- Gilboa
Edited 2007-10-30 10:26
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2006-06-03
If you read the article, this was an 'update revision' so once the base update (without WDS) had been authorised, revisions are automatically installed, this bypasses the autorisation mechanism rather neatly for microsoft.