microsoft update questions

[Marko Jotic]

1) I asked this before: why is MS update sooooooo sloooowwwww
when it came out it took longer for MS update to check my system than
windows and office update combined. so long in fact that I gave up on it
and used the two others instead. now if I choose windows update I get MS
update instead (I will see if I can remove this piece of expletive)

2) I have installed that update that checks the validity of my ms
software, later I got another one, then another, now its offering me
some Genuine advantage blah blah in case I don't have genuine M$ as a
Critical Update. CRITICAL my bleep, this is not a security issue, it
already knows its genuine so what gives?

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Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

 

[Guest]

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program - FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx?displaylang=en

 

[Marko Jotic]

no offense but read the post, I checked it out, I am questioning WHY
AGAIN when the previous updates have confirmed I already am clean, why
is it CRITICAL? and so on

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program - FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx?displaylang=en

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Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

This is a peer-to-peer newsgroup. If you wish to
have your issue directly addressed by Microsoft:

Email the Windows Update support team:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| no offense but read the post, I checked it out, I am questioning WHY
| AGAIN when the previous updates have confirmed I already am clean, why
| is it CRITICAL? and so on

 

[Marko Jotic]

This is a peer-to-peer newsgroup.

I know, I figured a MVP might know the answer, or have noticed the same
thing

If you wish to

have your issue directly addressed by Microsoft:

no, its not a support issue, I am annoyed by it

Email the Windows Update support team:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

--
Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

 

[Doug]

It is critical that you do what Microsoft says for you to do.
End of story.

Doug
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[Jone Doe]

What do halter tops and MS have in common? Very little support.

 

[Marko Jotic]

It is critical that you do what Microsoft says for you to do. End of story.

so since MS is being a pain in the --- I should send them preparation H

Doug
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Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

 

[antioch]

So why after having everything on your computer checked by WGA,authorised,
authenticated etc etc, does it have to stay there, doing god knows what in
your system(spying probably).
Anything else you get from MS you have the choice to uninstall. No, not
this.
I wonder, if one was to completely remove everything to do with MS from ones
system, if this piece if evasive crxp would still be there???
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Doug]

So why after having everything on your computer checked by
WGA,authorised, authenticated etc etc, does it have to stay
there, doing god knows what in your system(spying probably).
Anything else you get from MS you have the choice to
uninstall. No, not this.
I wonder, if one was to completely remove everything to do
with MS from ones system, if this piece if evasive crxp would
still be there???
Rgds
Antioch

Probably... it is like a social disease with no cure.

 

[Marko Jotic]

So why after having everything on your computer checked by WGA,authorised,
authenticated etc etc, does it have to stay there, doing god knows what in
your system(spying probably).
Anything else you get from MS you have the choice to uninstall. No, not
this.
I wonder, if one was to completely remove everything to do with MS from ones
system, if this piece if evasive crxp would still be there???
Rgds
Antioch

maybee they are actually one shot deals, so they have to feed us one
repeatedly to check if we slip something in afterwards

or they are paranoid

what bugs me is that it comes up as Critical, which is an outright lie

--
Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

 

[antioch]

maybee they are actually one shot deals, so they have to feed us one
repeatedly to check if we slip something in afterwards

or they are paranoid

what bugs me is that it comes up as Critical, which is an outright lie

--
Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

Hi Marko
Paranoid seems to fit the bill - last week I was speaking to the owner of my
local computer shop and he said that some time ago MS were severely
criticised for putting 'spy stuff', as he put it, on peoples comps. without
their knowledge. He added that MS could see exactly what your system was
running etc.
I have only had a comp. for 6yrs, despite being very long in the tooth, so
would not be able to say if this was true or just his say-so.
'Critical' - Round Objects.
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Marko Jotic]

Hi Marko
Paranoid seems to fit the bill - last week I was speaking to the owner of my
local computer shop and he said that some time ago MS were severely
criticised for putting 'spy stuff', as he put it, on peoples comps. without
their knowledge. He added that MS could see exactly what your system was
running etc.
I have only had a comp. for 6yrs, despite being very long in the tooth, so
would not be able to say if this was true or just his say-so.
'Critical' - Round Objects.
Rgds
Antioch

I don't think he is right, there are too many anti ms people keeping an
eye on things, it would have been all over the net and the news

I don't get "> 'Critical' - Round Objects." ?

--
Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

 

[antioch]

I don't think he is right, there are too many anti ms people keeping an
eye on things, it would have been all over the net and the news

He was talking of a period in the 1980's(between MS-DOS and WIN 1)as I
understood it - was the .net around then? It could not have been as big as
it is today. Not many people had comps. then and certainly very few were on
the .net. The net was into the 1990's I think.

I don't get "> 'Critical' - Round Objects." ?

Sorry - English joke - the word I would have used might have offended - it
is a polite version of 'bollxxxs' - being two round objects.

Hope this is of help
Antioch

 

[Marko Jotic]

He was talking of a period in the 1980's(between MS-DOS and WIN 1)as I
understood it - was the .net around then? It could not have been as big as
it is today. Not many people had comps. then and certainly very few were on
the .net. The net was into the 1990's I think.

then forget it, those PCs had no internet unless they were in a big
company, research organization, or university. the web (browsers) wasn't
invented yet

..net is a couple of years old

Sorry - English joke - the word I would have used might have offended - it
is a polite version of 'bollxxxs' - being two round objects.

Hope this is of help
Antioch

quite

--
Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/