Re: Blocking Windows Service Pack 2

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"Kevin" <webman6@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Everything else snipped for brevity -----------
>
> I'm not sure what you are talking about.

You took what I said a bit too literally ;-)

>If Automatic Updates is disabled,
> you won't receive the Automatic Updates . . . basically.

OK, understood. I found other info that confirms
this. My concern was that *IF* MS REALLY wants
to propogate SP2, that having A.U. disabled would
NOT be enough, and the miserable thing would show
up unannounced and unwanted *anyway*. I have a perfectly
running SP1A system, fully protected upstream with firewall
& proxy and do not need or want any of SP2's supposed
"fixes". I gotta business to run here, and do NOT have the
time to spend turning off all the security crap that is enabled
by default and/or fixing other introduced instabilities.

> What is
> significant about the 13th?

It's the day after the 12th, when push comes
to shove, as it were.


What is meant by the term "virus" with
> reference to SP 2?

My attempt at humor:
It breaks things in some cases, just like a virus.
It comes to you disguised as something useful, just like a virus.
You don't *need* it, just like a virus.

AOL and Real Player are virii as well, by the same definition.

>
>
> > If you have the Automatic Updates service DISABLED
> > (as shown in Administrative Tools>>Services) will this
> > virus (a.k.a. SP2) still find a way to infect my system
> > on the 13th?
> >
> > Or am I safe?
> >
> >
>
>


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