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George Macdonald
Sounds like a very impatient bunch. Very accident-prone.
Yep and they add resident running progs, which slows the startup so people
think they "need a faster computer".

Who runs with "Auto-Updates" turned on? It's a horrible virus,
just waiting to strike at the worst possible moment.
We're coming full circle here

fixes which are err, "popular" and it's generally the default on installs
of all software I've seen. Note that Flash is currently going through a
major change in this repect - no more standalone install DLs that I see....
feels suspicious/ominous to me. Is that the pong of DRM I sense?
There's a perversity here: the same people who will insist on leaving M$
auto-update on full time -- or pull them on Patch Tuesday immediately --
"because it's advised by M$", will blithely ignore the strong M$ advice not
to run with admin privilege -- it's in the Help -- when connected to the
Internet. Eventually you give up with the hassle. said:So complain about defective installs. This one ain't the
OS' fault.
Yeah but... you have to work within the bounds of what you can control.;-)
These, like non-Auto-Updating, are admin tasks run during
an admin session.
M$ Auto Update run like that *can* try anybody's patience and we've already
established that criterion.

a recent bungle by M$ here - Auto Update has not worked properly in many
systems for the October patch tuesday fixes: I had 6 systems which failed
with msgs in the log that downloads failed "due to regulation" - no error
pop-up or any other notification - the Update icon would just disappear
from the Systray. It was fixed a week ago and update started to proceed
normally on those systems... not a peep out of M$ on the subject.<shrug>