XP has an Auto-Patch feature

Post #24,575 by wharris2 1/16/02 5:40:15 AM Reply	XP has an Auto-Patch feature It'll go and download and install patches for you in the background. No need to worry about that old bothersome "click on a patch" stuff. If I still had hair, that would make me start tearing it out. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #24,579 by static 1/16/02 5:45:17 AM Reply	But does it still reboot? In my mind, that is Microsoft's single biggest sin: the fact that millions of computer users now accept* that a crashing computer is normal and that rebooting it is a quick-fix for all sorts of problems. Wade. * literally. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #24,582 by wharris2 1/16/02 5:59:05 AM Reply	Reboot for what? I turned off the "auto-patch" feature as fast as I could; no way in hell am I going to let some droid in Redmond whack my computer when Microsoft feels like it. Don't know if the auto-patch "feature" reboots my system. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #24,646 by inthane-chan 1/16/02 4:54:58 PM Reply	Auto patch doesn't reboot. It downloads the patches, then pops up a little warning note saying "hey, patches are availible to install!" Then you have the option of installing them. That's the default behavior. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #24,650 by Ashton 1/16/02 5:40:36 PM Reply	OK but after it inventories your hard drive and grabs any e-mail with sex- or nix in it.. and arranges to sell the sex- ones to yer boss + the nix- ones to the motorcycle gang in your area (after replacing yer browser with IE build #6666) And then it churns and installs the latest hot-fix for yesterday's new booboo: Does it finish with a small note of cheer,~ BTW bub: it ain't gonna do shit until you reboot..* ?? Ashton who won't need to use this info anyway, but it's always amusing
Post #24,656 by inthane-chan 1/16/02 6:11:25 PM Reply	Naw. You think they'd put that somewhere it could be disabled? "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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