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IE will auto-update...or else
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cowboy
 Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 240 Location: North America; the Western Hemisphere; Yonder |
New versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer will "silently" update in the background. Users will have no say about whether to install or approve the updates beforehand, though one can opt out of the update behavior. Seems heavy handed, but isn't Chrome doing something similar when the defaults are accepted? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16214912 _________________ "If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside. - Robert Cringley |
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raffy
Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4639 Location: Manila |
MS Win7 is silently updating itself with Service Pack 1, and there is nothing you can do about it... _________________ Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice? Get the sfs (English only). |
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cthisbear
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 2980 Location: Sydney Australia |
Haven't heard that one raffy. Change your firewall to Comodo if it does. Personally I haven't seen it. It's usually dum dee dum users who let updates continue. What more can I say about their ignorance? And still their comps get hacked. Chris. |
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technosaurus
 Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 3845 |
I love how these new EULAs have clauses that say they can change the terms at any time. Next up - something like this:
_________________ Puppy Web Desktop Now with pet packages - Pet Packaging 100 & 101 |
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Aitch
 Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK |
Worse - Windows 8 apps can be deleted remotely by Microshaft, since, though you bought it, they own it! http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-apps-can-be-deleted-remotely-by-microsoft Aitch 
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Dave_G
 Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 459 |
I for one will not get 8 or 9 or ..... Traditionally every second OS from M$ is rubbish. Win3.1 ( ok for it's time), 95 (crap), 98 (much better), M.E. (abysmal), XP (good), Vista (horrific), 7 (a tad better), 8 (I can just imagine). In between they also released the more "corporate" type OSes like NT and 2000, the same pattern pretty much applies: NT (utter rubbish), 2000 (much more stable), 2003 (does anyone use it?), 2008 (the definition of bloatware). Now we also have to endure this on some smartphones since they have taken over Nokias software coding. It's like a monster in a low budget horror movie, it just keeps on coming back. |
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