Alessandro17 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/ope...NEMNL091307EOAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onetrack Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 That just makes me ill. If it is My computer, what rights does some company have in it rooting around and changing my files? People who use computers in server or test environments would be absolutely furious at this. MS, seriously what part of turn OFF automatic updates don't you get? Lordy if some hacker gets ahold of that backdoor and trojanizes your hardware. So.. are games really worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Everynight before going to sleep I thank god for hackintosh. Finally I can stay away from the Windows pest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 haha. i dont understand why microsoft thinks it can have control over your computer. its just wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 So.. are games really worth it? Definitely not. And besides other operating systems have some nice games too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegodfaza Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 If you people would take the time to read the whole article then you would see that it only updates the files for windows update so it can connect to the newer update system. Windows has actually been using this auto-update system going back to the XP RTM. If it didn't auto-update it wouldn't be able to connect to the Update Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 ^^ I was about to say the same thing. omgz lets find other ways to bash teh M$$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,21829...NLNAV091407FEA1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoggyca Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 oh no it self updates is update service... hmm who cares? ^^^good job u picked up another MS flamer on teh net?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Oh no, they're surreptitiously installing software without my permission, even when I disabled the updates service, and could be used to track me down, or to shutdown my illegal copy of windoze! hmm who cares? they own my ass anyway!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Oh no, they're surreptitiously installing software without my permission, even when I disabled the updates service, and could be used to track me down, or to shutdown my illegal copy of windoze! hmm who cares? they own my ass anyway!!LMAO!I guess MS programmers are just too stupid to come up with a client-independent solution for their upgrade system. Ah well, who cares really. Bless OSX. hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Ugh.... You know, the only time I use Vista anymore, is to run Office 2007 Enterprise (yes, it's illegal) programs on my Mac through Fusion. Personally, I really like the ribbon interface, and I think the candy coated GUI suits my OS X system quite well. Maybe it's time to go into VMware's options and tell it not to connect Vista to my internet when it starts up. MS might be going behind our backs, but they can't access internet if something else is keeping it from getting there. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Oh no, they're surreptitiously installing software without my permission, even when I disabled the updates service, and could be used to track me down, or to shutdown my illegal copy of windoze! hmm who cares? they own my ass anyway!! They have to do it 'even when [you] disabled the updates service' so that if you were to reenable the service, it would work. MS should have avoided this by making Window's Update work better, but this is no reason to dislike Windows. I've said it many a time, and I will say it again. Windows does not suck. There are just (better depending on who you ask) alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 They have to do it 'even when [you] disabled the updates service' so that if you were to reenable the service, it would work. :hysterical: C'mon, what kind of arguments are those? Are you five? If they can do that without your knowledge or consent, surely they can do it as soon as you reenable the service, just like it used to work, actually. And believe me, this is not anti-ms sh*t. As soon as Apple start to do the same (hopefully they won't), I'll be looking for another alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 And believe me, this is not anti-ms sh*t. As soon as Apple start to do the same (hopefully they won't), I'll be ooking for another alternative. Alright, sorry to label you. I understand where your coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 i get what all of u r saying, but i still think that they at least should ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 i get what all of u r saying, but i still think that they at least should askMS will never ask you for anything if they can just take it or impose it on you. hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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