Re: update

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From: David Senior [MVP - Most Vulgar Person] (David.Senior_at_FBI.Gov)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 10:00:00 +0100

In fact everyday!!! Microsoft thinks that IT consultants don't have anything better to do so it keeps getting new patches even if there are no changes. This is one way to keep Microsoft in the news. This is called FREE PUBLICITY.

Every first or second (can't remember exactly) Tuesday of the month you will get a new security patch. Microsoft products are very buggy and so Uncle Bill has decided to rectify the situation before he starts losing corporate clients. He has lost ideas to produce new products so he works on patches and security matters. Our Babushka (Russian term for Kelly - 62 years old great grand mother) has had a patch of SP2 to improve her looks!. She expects this to protect her from ogle eyes; I thought she could have left this to nature because man don't turn their heads towards old women!

hth

dpaul wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have updated the automatic update last week. Today
> again it is showing me for new update as follows:
>
> Size: 637 KB
>
> This software updates the Background Intelligent Transfer
> Service (BITS) to v2.0 and updates WinHTTP. These updates
> help ensure an optimal download experience with future
> versions of Automatic Updates, Windows Update, and other
> programs that rely on BITS to transfer files using idle
> network bandwidth.
>
> More information for this update can be found at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
> url=/library/en-us/bits/bits/bits_start_page.asp?
> frame=true
>
> Does it mean that Microsoft is updating everyweek? 

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