RedRock
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Post by RedRock on Oct 11, 2009 22:05:27 GMT -5
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Lamron
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Post by Lamron on Oct 11, 2009 22:30:37 GMT -5
Its not as big a deal as they're making it sound. The .NET Framework provides a way for the internet to interact with the OS, through the browser, with the user's permission. Microsoft updated it for IE and for as many alternate browsers as they could. Otherwise, it would be providing functions that ONLY worked with IE, discouraging the use of other browsers, something they keep getting sued for. It can easily be disabled just by clicking "Disable" in the add-ons list (the article is incorrect about that). There's only a security problem if people blindly click on any box that says "Do you want to install...".
The real FAIL here is not the automatic update, but as usual, MS's poor communication. Even if there is a decent reason for installing something, the user should be given an explaination and option.
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Death's Shadow
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Post by Death's Shadow on Oct 12, 2009 0:42:42 GMT -5
Interesting read even with it being full of inaccuracy. (See Lam's descriptions) I can see how a novice user may panic after reading that (not meaning you Red), and be afraid that big bad MS may be installing things they do not want.
I turned off automatic updates from MS years ago, and check from time too time if they have anything that I want. If they do then I manually install the update, and ignore the ones I do not want too install.
If it is not broke, no need too fix it.
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RedRock
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Post by RedRock on Oct 15, 2009 15:00:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, guys.
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