So, do you remember back a couple of months ago when Microsoft decided to sneak an update on everybody, even those that had configured their computers to ask before doing any updates, without a warning? Well, the scandal is back on, because said stealth update has provoked a serious problem for users. According to SecuritiFix’s Brian Krebs, people who have used the Rescue option off their CDs after getting that stealth upgrade can no longer get security upgrades. Yup, no more upgrades for you.
Brian’s post Microsoft’s Stealth Update Backfires for Some Users is worth a read, specially because he points at some workarounds for those that are affected by this problem.
Now…you see why I love Free Software? :)
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