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IP: XP Updates Start to P.O. Users
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:57:01 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar () bitcon no> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:33:31 +0200 (CEST) To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: XP Updates Start to P.O. Users <http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52108,00.html> "One of the purported user-friendly features of Microsoft's new operating system is turning out to be user-annoying. As many as three times a week, on average, XP users see a little window pop-up at the bottom of their computer screens announcing the availability of another new update for their system. This plethora of patches has left many users wondering whether their hard drives are big enough to handle 'Trustworthy Computing.' Users also complain that several of the patches made their systems unstable. And some were annoyed by the many-megabytes worth of available patches for what they feel are unimportant applications such as games and file-sharing applications, believing that Microsoft should instead focus on fixes for crucial security holes. Security experts say that the auto-update feature is good in theory, but doesn't work as well as it should. In some cases, the updates have even interfered with previously installed security patches, leaving supposedly protected machines open to malicious hackers. Experts also confirm that many serious holes in Microsoft programs remain unpatched and wonder when the much-touted Trustworthy Computing initiative will have measurable real-world results. [...]" Gunnar -- Gunnar Helliesen | Bergen IT Consult AS | Open Source activist Systems Consultant | Bergen, Norway | Jaguar Enthusiast gunnar () bitcon no | www.bitcon.no/~gunnar | Märklin collector ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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