Windows Update = Teh Borked

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:15 pm

I've never used Auto Updates in Windows, I like going to the site so I can see what I am downloading.

Well, now I get this screen when I visit the site:

So I need to enable automatic updates now to use the Windows Update site?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:20 pm

You have to allow MS to snoop at your PC to find otu what they have installed so they know how to screw it up even more.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:35 pm

You don't have to actually have automatic updates enabled, they just want you to run the service in the background. Stupid, I know. (Just because the service is running doesn't mean it will go out and install updates for you.)

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:39 pm

In my case atleast I had to enable Automatic Updates, BITS, and Event Log(already on) and reboot for it too work at all. Then when it done I just disable them again. I check WU about once a week now since they made it a pain in the butt.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:39 pm

WOW!

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:38 pm

DarkShadow wrote:In my case atleast I had to enable Automatic Updates, BITS, and Event Log(already on) and reboot for it too work at all. Then when it done I just disable them again. I check WU about once a week now since they made it a pain in the butt.

Or you could just, like, leave them on. Why do you disable them? Placebo performance gains? Tinfoil hat reasons?

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:44 pm

Tetrad wrote:
DarkShadow wrote:In my case atleast I had to enable Automatic Updates, BITS, and Event Log(already on) and reboot for it too work at all. Then when it done I just disable them again. I check WU about once a week now since they made it a pain in the butt.
Or you could just, like, leave them on. Why do you disable them? Placebo performance gains? Tinfoil hat reasons?

Because not everyone is on broadband, and some of us actually do check WU regularly and don't need Windows doing it for us.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:01 pm

Tetrad wrote:
DarkShadow wrote:In my case atleast I had to enable Automatic Updates, BITS, and Event Log(already on) and reboot for it too work at all. Then when it done I just disable them again. I check WU about once a week now since they made it a pain in the butt.
Or you could just, like, leave them on. Why do you disable them? Placebo performance gains? Tinfoil hat reasons?

If yer not using it, why leave it running?

Baseline Sercurity Analyizer is nifty.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:21 pm

MD-2389 wrote:Because not everyone is on broadband, and some of us actually do check WU regularly and don't need Windows doing it for us.

I meant disabling the services. Not automatic updates in general.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:11 pm

If yer not using WU, then what reason would one need to leave those services running?

Not much, so why leave the process in memory?

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:13 am

fliptw wrote:Not much, so why leave the process in memory?

Why not? Are you saving more time by having it not in memory or by not having to reboot whenever you want to make sure that you're not going to be effected by the latest security bulletin?

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:52 am

checking with the MS security site gets you security updates faster than WU ever would.

But, thats besides the point, your are trying to impose your computer operation routine on others.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:40 am

fliptw wrote:your are trying to impose your computer operation routine on others.

I just don't understand why people would go out of their way to make things harder for themselves with no discernable gain.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:50 pm

And that's what makes us individuals, tet

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:55 pm

Tetrad wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:Because not everyone is on broadband, and some of us actually do check WU regularly and don't need Windows doing it for us.
I meant disabling the services. Not automatic updates in general.

Still, some of us prefer having more free memory. Thats why people like black viper write up guides for what would benefit us the most to kill. If you want to leave it running, whatever floats yer boat man. Its your machine, so its your choice. However, some of us actually have a clue and *gasp* check WU regularly on our own. As Bill put it, we're all individuals with individual tastes.