[ale] [OT and sorry] - M$ patches and security advice?

[Jeff Hubbs]

To me, this stuff just ruins the industry and if it weren't for Linux,
etc., I'd have left it by now.  I once worked in Government environments
and I objected to having contractors being able to do whatever they
wanted within the PCs of the Federal employees who oversee them; this
takes the intrusion up to a whole new level and on a far, far grander
scale.  And, there is nothing to stop it except for market pressure.  It
does seem, though, that that market pressure is accelerating. 

- Jeff 

On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 09:49, BruceG wrote:
> On Thursday 11 September 2003 16:10, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
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> > On Thursday 11 September 2003 02:10 pm, BruceG wrote:
> > > No Windows for 4 years? That's a GOOD thing! Anyway, MS patches are a
> > > semi-automagic thing. You click on Internet Explorer, then on Tools, then
> > > on Windows Update. This gets you to Microsoft's update webpage. If you do
> > > not have MS Updater on your PC, it will get downloaded and installed.
> >
> > The last time I tried to update my Win2k installation M$ wanted me to
> > agree to onerous changes in the EULA. I refused. Is M$ still playing such
> > games with the EULA?
> >
> > Sean
> >
> Absolutely! I refused a previous update due to that specific reason. The EULA 
> enforces some of the digital copyright stuff that has been having a lot of 
> press time. Basically (if I remember right) - with the last 2 service packs 
> your hard disk can get scanned for digital media (music, movies) that have 
> copyright problems. The EULA states that the digital media can be locked or 
> removed (by the software, not by you as an end-user).
> 
> I thought that bit of nonsense was being contested in courts? Anyway - if 
> you'd rather not have the effects of the Blaster worm, you have to install 
> the service pack - and therefore you also have to accept the digital media 
> copyright protection.
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