Re: Your Windows may install updates without asking

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:20:10 +0300 (EEST)
From:                   Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>

> "Windows XP and Vista have started installing updates at shutdown, in certain
> cases, without displaying a warning or requesting permission, according to
> reports by several readers.

As evidence for the prosecution, I have deliberately stayed away from the 
Silverlight "update."  Today I was checking my plugins in Firefox (due to the 
Shockwave vulnerability) and found Silverlight.

Over the past few months we have noticed some times where the "shutdown" has 
taken times running over half an hour, without any notice or options saying that 
updates were being installed.

(On the other hand, I recently had to spend 9 hours updating a friend's machine, 
since he had somehow set the update time to 3 am, and hadn't installed anything 
since January.)

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