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I think all "security" updates and patches should be automatic and there should be no option to opt-out the application of said patches.

Many (if not ALL) of the worst viri/worm infections from the past decade wouldn't have happened if that were the case.
Posted by: medezark@...   Posted on: 06/25/09  (Edited: 06/25/2009 @ 05:55) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Personally  medezark@... | 06/25/09
Rationally  jacarter3 | 06/25/09
Counter-perspective  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
After over 20 years  jacarter3 | 06/25/09
so then  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
Heh?  ShadowGIATL | 06/25/09
Damned if you do..  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
Or.....  jacarter3 | 06/25/09
Judging by this rhetoric you are spouting...  JT82 | 06/25/09
If its problem free then...  T1Oracle | 06/25/09
Whos forcing what on the user? Wait never mind..  JT82 | 06/25/09
You are using a weird Linux then  rhomp2002@... | 06/25/09
Beyond Automatic Updating  JT82 | 06/25/09
You can choose the updates you want, you know...  widdybear | 06/29/09
Nor has he used Linux or OS X  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
Yeah right...  zkiwi | 06/25/09
You can stop the bleating by checking the....  widdybear | 06/29/09
Name an OS....  Erroneous | 06/25/09
No ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
Agreed.  T1Oracle | 06/25/09
You are right, it shouldnt.  JT82 | 06/25/09
True ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
I remember a while back when they forced an update...  olePigeon | 06/25/09
how timely....  ridingthewind | 06/25/09
Microsoft tunnels everything over http  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/25/09
Another reason to choose yourself and to unplug....  widdybear | 06/29/09
MS has a decades old record or breaking things!  kd5auq | 06/25/09
Microsoft doesn't break jack  Lerianis2 | 06/25/09
Amen to that! Case in point, flagship WIN95s 'blue screen of...  widdybear | 06/29/09
Harbinger of the future of digital media  donniebnyc@... | 06/25/09
Yeah thats right! Whats up with that...having to get the software via...  widdybear | 06/29/09
RE: Are Windows stealth updates back again?  Loverock Davidson | 06/25/09
Seriously?  crazydanr@... | 06/25/09
Got to agree  Lerianis2 | 06/25/09
Well...  ShadowGIATL | 06/25/09
Re: Well... [Thank you.]  widdybear | 06/29/09
Never WU On Auto!  preachjohn | 06/25/09
Funny, I use Windows Update on auto  Lerianis2 | 06/25/09
Could you format that better please?  ShadowGIATL | 06/25/09
Too true. The very reason I do not set to auto nor express...  widdybear | 06/29/09
RE: Are Windows stealth updates back again?  Yes_indeed | 06/26/09
Misinformed article  microsoftguru | 07/01/09
RE: Are Windows stealth updates back again?  outpostprime | 07/07/09

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