Re: UNACCEPTABLE: DELAYED 3 YEAR OLD DRIVER SHOWS UP!?

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From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:49:39 -0600

Steele Wolf wrote:
> My name is Steele Wolf and I would like to direct users
> and Microsoft staff members to the following thread-link I
> have created at DSLREPORTS.com for an interesting read. I
> created the first thread. It's linked below within this
> message.
>
> By Steele Wolf.
>
> Anyone at Microsoft care to explain this?
> A 3 YEAR OLD driver update mysteriously wanders onto
> Windows Update for AMD & Intel Processors:
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9408876~mode=flat
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9408856~mode=flat
>
> I find this unacceptable in terms of how LONG it took to
> show up on Windows Update. I am NOT ALONE as you can see
> by my following post. I use an AMD Processor and found the
> driver update appear yesterday (SUNDAY, FEB.16/04). An
> Intel user found a similar update TODAY.
>
> Just how can this be explianed? I use Windows XP PRO and I
> have never once encountered strange problems with Windows
> Update. I have a healthy system with SP1a applied along
> with ALL other drivers and patches. THIS PROCESSOR UPDATE
> APPEARED YESTERDAY. IT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE!
>
> Sincerely,
> Steele Wolf

Steele Wolf,

You are, as they say, over-reacting to a quirk in Windows Update. More than
likely you will notice the upgrade disappearing tomorrow if not sooner.
Plus, complaining here is like complaining (actually *is*) to volunteers,
not Microsoft. 

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