Microsoft Security Essentials installer zaps Automatic Updates setting
Microsoft Security Essentials installer zaps Automatic Updates setting
Posted: 03 Jun 2010
Do you tell Windows to "Check for updates but don't install"? Prepare for a rude awakening when you install Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft frequently draws the ire of hapless users when it incapacitates unsuspecting customers' PCs with bad security updates. Just a few months ago, for example, security bulletin MS10-015 offered a patch that automatically turned some Windows XP PCs into big blue-screen bricks -- no user intervention required.
Microsoft also has a nasty habit of pushing all sorts of patches down the Automatic Updates chute, even when the update could hardly be termed "critical."
Microsoft's demonstrated inability to produce bug-free Black Tuesday security patches and an increasing number of problems with Second Tuesday non-security patching have led many Windows users to turn off Automatic Updates. Many of us who've been bitten by buggy patches recommend that instead of blithely applying every patch that Microsoft shoves out the door, capable users should set Windows Update or Microsoft Update to "Notify but don't download" or "Download but don't install." (The exact terminology varies depending on the version of Windows.) Then, when the pioneers have the arrows in their backs, apply the latest updates.
This crap is like when someone said that Microsoft was to realease a tool with Windows Vista that could prevent you from playing back "protected" media material in your PC or doing something else (while only for yourself and nor commercial purposes)... Nothing happened and everyone plays their favorite songs and videos.
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Western Digital Scorpion Blue (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk - Personal Data)
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 (500 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk - Software & ISOs) Internet Speed: 10 MB Browser: Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer Antivirus: Avast Antivirus Free Other Info: Windows Experience Index Result: 3.8 of 7.9.
Cooling solutions:
- AVC @ 2000/5000 RPM Copper Heatpipes (For Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU used in an Athlon 64 X2 5200+)
- Rear Fan 80 mm @ 2700 RPM for heat extraction
- Manhatan Chipset Cooler @ 4700/7200 RPM (For nVidia Chipset in MoBo)
- Foxconn @ 2500 RPM (Old Pentium III heatsink fan) in XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350
I don't put a lot of stock in anything that InfoWorld says anymore. Their articles reek of tabloid journalism, and there's too much of that garbage everywhere already. At best, it's fear mongering to sell advertising.
I review all of the updates before I install, and I have never not installed an update for Windows 7, or XP, except for all of the Windows Live bloatware that I don't use or need. I've haven't had an update or patch mess up my system yet.
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1 x Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD (Win 7)
1 x WD 1TB SATA Blue
1 x WD 1TB SATA Green Internet Speed: Much better since I got fiber, but still way overpriced. Browser: Firefox Antivirus: MSE, Malware Bytes for scanning Other Info: Corsair VOID USB headphones.
A Mellon Labs X-1 - LCD Smartie driven system status display.
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what a load of crap... I have MSE and automatic updates set to "review and let me decide" and hey guess what? it didnt switch over :) dont forget, these are the people who brought us "Windows 7 maxes out memory on 99% of machines"
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