Re: Windows Media Player BLINDSIDE update!

I caught the subterfuge when they tried it and defeated it. That particular "update" is now HIDDEN and will be forever and ever...amen.
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Doug W.
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"Bill Drake" <bdrake@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O$xfVq7mHHA.4424@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I was bitten by exactly the same situation as you describe.

And I too was annoyed that Microsoft would label an "update" for
WMP10 that was actually an "upgrade" to WMP11.

This is one of the reasons I don't perform *any* upgrades to my
machine without having a complete Ghost Backup before starting
the upgrade.

I had to reghost my machine back to its older form once I found out
this "update" gave me something I didn't want, didn't need and had
already rejected as inappropriate for my needs.


Comment:

In my experience, Computers are designed by cretins and built by
monkeys. Mismanagement and incompetence are endemic to the
computer industry - and nobody inside the industry is taking
responsibility for the endless suffering they are causing the user
base.

Furthermore, to waste your time trying to get apologists and
rationalizers to publicly acknowledge their mistakes - and more
importantly to implement policy changes which make those mistakes
less likely in the future - seems to be impossible.

This industry is insane. They are not worthy of your trust. Protect
yourself by implementing a stable and reliable backup regimen and
assume that every update you install is suspect until proven otherwise.

All else is simply a license to get shafted.


Best I can do for now. <tm>


Bill


D. W. K. wrote:
It was not my "imagination"! They said (again) it was a "version 10"
update! Is this fact getting lost somewhere here?

"Doug" <hillbillybuddhist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote..
Uhm... If you just changed the way you get updates to 'download and
notify' - you could choose what to install and read about each one
- research a little (you know - put a little effort into it) and
never install anything you do not want to...

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
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"D. W. K." <[removethis]dwkcpbd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uMJEaAqmHHA.208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you Shenan but... that IS exactly how my system IS set up
right now! That is exactly how every other update I get
notifications about is treated. The problem is with THIS particular
Microsoft update! THEY have chosen, for some reason, to send it out
without ANY option to read anything about it first. Also, why do
they dishonestly disguise it as a "version 10" update? DWK

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OQD6C2pmHHA.4032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




So, if I understand correctly *you* accepted an update to *your*
computer that *you* did not get "ANY option to read anything about"
and now you're mad because it wasn't what *you* imagined it might
be? I can understand your
consternation, obviously this is someone else's fault.

In any event restoring from your most recent disk image or backup
should put
the situation right.
--
Doug

I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any
suggestions or advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details. :)

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