Re: Darn... Got Microsoft Scumware from WindowsUpdate

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Larry(LJL269) wrote: 
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:42:38 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
<newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

|You chose to download it and let it install from the Microsoft Windows |Update web page and now you complain
Maybe he chose 'AUTO (recommended)' option which I
NEVER, EVER do. I have 6 critical update hidden since
they r N/A to my machine!!


Quite right - look at the number of posts that start "I got a load of updates and now I get a log-in screen asking for username and password that I never had before" - because they AUTOMATICALLY downloaded and installed .NET! (Which they never needed and will never need!)

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