Re: [SLUG] OT: M$ deals the final blow

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Fri Sep 10 2004 - 18:57:57 EDT


On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 02:26:54AM -0400, Pete Theisen wrote:

> Paul M Foster wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 06:03:26PM -0400, Donald E Haselwood wrote:
> >
> >
> >>What surprises me is that businesses didn't scream, holler, and thrash,
> >>when MS first talked about automatic updates. If a computer and its app
> >>is
> >>important to a business, the last thing one should do is blindly update
> >>the
> >>OS.
> >
> >
> >They didn't necessarily scream and holler, but adoption of SP2 has been
> >exceptionally slow. Business people are leery. Finally, Microsoft had to
> >say they were forcing it on users.
> >
> >Paul
>
> Hi Paul!
>
> If your Windows Update is turned off can they turn it on remotely?
>

You're asking the wrong guy, because I don't really track these things.
But I believe the answer is no.

Paul
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