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Having been in your "made up" situation many times, it is amazing how many times this can happen and yet system owners and QA organizations still don't understand the need for "validated" systems to be patched. Even though the constant patching has become annoying, not getting the system patched IS NOT the fault of Microsoft.

The solution to this problem has been to just turn off the "validated" systems that are not allowed to be patched if a worm comes through. Some of them never get turned back on, which is a good thing for many of these systems.
Posted by: Sensai   Posted on: 05/03/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Companies need to validate patches, first  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/03/04
I understand  toadlife | 05/03/04
Even certification isn't always enough  the_doge | 05/05/04
Been there  Sensai | 05/03/04
So your company is nuts....  computer_man | 05/03/04
When you need that new wonder drug...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/04/04
... and they don't install a firewall? Great!  AxleMunshine | 05/04/04
Installing a firewall  Sensai | 05/05/04
Thank the computer Gods!  DragonBRockin | 05/03/04
Re: Thank the computer Gods!  issthatso | 05/03/04
And that is why MS should be made to recall there OS  Squawkbox | 05/03/04
yea... you first  JoeMama_z | 05/03/04
Nope don't think so  Squawkbox | 05/03/04
Well that figures  cjconstant | 05/04/04
There has to be some lawer that needs money  boatelc | 05/03/04
see traffic in our logs  bchesmer | 05/04/04
THATS RIGHT!!!!  DragonBRockin | 05/03/04
Why Is He Doing This?  dr praetorius | 05/03/04
Quick! Pay for another made-up TCO study!  Chad_z | 05/03/04
Research Firms Created Worm!  Da-Man | 05/03/04
Wow, antivirus companies are just as healthy as can be  FilledOut | 05/03/04
Not too hard  Trentito | 05/03/04
MS most popular myth  voiceofreason_z | 05/03/04
Actually  PmAc_z | 05/04/04
"nice convenient lie" eh?  Test Subject | 05/04/04
It's not a lie - just a half-truth  the_doge | 05/05/04
so far....  JoeMama_z | 05/03/04
same here  toadlife | 05/03/04
not the same here  PlatformAgnostic | 05/03/04
Not the same here either  Uralbas | 05/04/04
If you really want to help them...  AxleMunshine | 05/04/04
Ahhhhh, The Microsoft XPerience...  Plain Logic | 05/03/04
Where's Mike Cox  bchesmer | 05/04/04
Old News  PmAc_z | 05/04/04
Ya think???  DragonBRockin | 05/04/04
nah  PA-ITGuy | 05/04/04
Microsoft XP soon to be EX-Microsoft!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/04/04
Is it really microsoft's fault?  SteveG123 | 05/04/04
so how do you  hipparchus2000 | 05/04/04
I don't profess to be an expert but......  SteveG123 | 05/04/04
Ohgod, the "popular OS" myth! It's architecture, not ubiquity, bubba!  dicktaurus@... | 05/04/04
M$ Crapware?  SteveG123 | 05/04/04
forget DRM, how about a secure OS  rgriffith64@... | 05/04/04
drm is about a different kind of security  V Sanders | 05/07/04
A sholesale attack of MS agains the Internet  michael-t | 05/04/04

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