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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> In most linux distros (at least OpenSUSE) you get to choose if you
>>> want
>>> to install an update or not. (Usually there's no reason not to, though.)
>>
>> You do in Windows too. By default it installs what MS thinks is
>> critical and leaves the checkboxes turned off on the optional stuff.
>> Sometimes what MS thinks is critical isn't quite so critical, granted.
>
> "Windows Genuine Advantage Notification Tool" is a critical update...?
Well, that's kind of what I was saying in that last sentence, see.
Plus, if they refuse to ship you critical updates unless you install piracy
detection, then you could make the argument that it's critical because MS is
making it critical, I guess. :-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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