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Fri May 6 12:20:44 EST 2016

In message <F01590D5-9DB4-4828-AACD-DB4678D78785 at mac.com>, John Lindsay writes:
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> It only the customer had any choice about updates:
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> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/04/windows-10-updates-ruin
> ing-pro-gaming-streams
> <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/04/windows-10-updates-rui
> ning-pro-gaming-streams>
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> jsl

So he choose to install recommended updates automatically and yes,
Microsoft are stupid for pushing a OS upgrade this way and have
done a lot of damage to the idea of automatic updates.  That said
security updates are a different class of update and there are
different policies for each class.

Mark

> > On 6 May 2016, at 11:02 AM, Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org> wrote:
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> > Windows, as a OS, had been secure for years and receives regular
> > updates for problems found in it and the tools that ship with it.
> > I'm not worried about a new Windows box being compromised when I
> > connect it to the net for the first time.  Just update the machine
> > to bring it up to the latest patch level before you use the tools
> > on it and turn on automatic updating.
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