Comments on: Un-Automating MS updates http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9212 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:03:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9212/comment-page-1#comment-55569 Reader's Write Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:18:25 +0000 #comment-55569 I go to Settings->Control Panel->Automatic Updates and disable all automatic updates. I go to Settings->Control Panel->Automatic Updates and disable all automatic updates.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9212/comment-page-1#comment-54034 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:35:36 +0000 #comment-54034 Shouldn't this ALSO be done in the "User Configuration", too? Shouldn’t this ALSO be done in the “User Configuration”, too?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9212/comment-page-1#comment-54030 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:23:48 +0000 #comment-54030 While I agree, people who aren't noob's and know how to keep their systems protected - however, most of the world's pc users are not in that category imho. For the noob, please - just leave auto-updates on... A noob isn't going to be running active firewalls that only allow apps they've chosen to use ports they've chosen and anything else needs to be auth'd before it can connect anyway - so if you're going to have auto update on, and you're setup right on your local firewall it's going to sit there and not be able to access ms's server's until the next day when you choose to auth or deny it access. Anyway - with the number of zombie pc's out there and users oblivious to the damage they cause because of their lacking pc knowledge - I, again, say please don’t disable auto-update unless you are 'not' a noob. (Don't read too much into that as I'm anti-Micro$oft and anti-Big-Brother but there comes a point when we have to say that 'some' pc users are just too new or just simply don’t care to know about their pc's and their lack of knowledge can harm everyone - including them.) Just my 10 cents. _-Jile-_ While I agree, people who aren’t noob’s and know how to keep their systems protected – however, most of the world’s pc users are not in that category imho.

For the noob, please – just leave auto-updates on…

A noob isn’t going to be running active firewalls that only allow apps they’ve chosen to use ports they’ve chosen and anything else needs to be auth’d before it can connect anyway – so if you’re going to have auto update on, and you’re setup right on your local firewall it’s going to sit there and not be able to access ms’s server’s until the next day when you choose to auth or deny it access.

Anyway – with the number of zombie pc’s out there and users oblivious to the damage they cause because of their lacking pc knowledge – I, again, say please don’t disable auto-update unless you are ‘not’ a noob.

(Don’t read too much into that as I’m anti-Micro$oft and anti-Big-Brother but there comes a point when we have to say that ’some’ pc users are just too new or just simply don’t care to know about their pc’s and their lack of knowledge can harm everyone – including them.)

Just my 10 cents.
_-Jile-_

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9212/comment-page-1#comment-54029 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:23:38 +0000 #comment-54029 thanks. these are good tips for people who want auto updates without a hassle. but for those of us who don't, just turn off auto update from the update website. :) thanks.

these are good tips for people who want auto updates without a hassle.

but for those of us who don’t, just turn off auto update from the update website. :)

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