Re: latest critical fix and automatic updates

["Mark Allen" <scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is Automatic Update not reliable?

It's Micro$oft, what do you think?


On 8/10/06, Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thru various web sources (zdnet, etc) MS issued "critical" fixes
> Tuesday. Since Tue my desktop did it's automatic updates & prompted me
> to reboot. I did. Later (same day)I went to Windows Update site to check
> my pc,
> and there was the whole list 8 security fixes, including the critical
> update.
> If Automatic Updates is configured to "download and prompt for reboot",
> why would it not get what's out there?
> Is Automatic Update not reliable?
> I checked with another programmer (diff site) - had same problem.
> I run Zone Alarm, he does not...
> jim franz
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