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Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
Any updates to avoid in the recent batch from yester(patch)day? ;) As far as I can tell (I just forced my laptop to check for updates instead of waiting until 0530 to check), 2952664 has re-appeared, and that's all that I can see, other than security updates. Looks like this was a relatively harmless Patch Tuesday....this time. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
Thank you very much! Aloha, Uli |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
I was just presented with a software install permission from Microsoft for the security updates for the standard monthly malicious software removal tool along with security updates for Internet Explorer. You get a Accept/Decline toggle. Any lawyers want to chime in on what rights you are signing away to install the 10 important updates? MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
Any updates to avoid in the recent batch from yester(patch)day? ;) I just checked WSUS.. I see 2977759 there, as well, but my laptop didn't see it. DECLINED! Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
I highly suspect that M$ is installing updates or other patches without consent on Win 8.1 machines. I noticed this morning when booting my 8.1 rigs that they went into the 'reboot after update' routine before loading the desktop. I ran the uninstall batch file on both and noticed several pauses during execution(usually meaning something was found and is being removed). Anyone else noticing unauthorized update routines on cold boots? "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36783 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I've had no problems eluding M$'s wanting to upgrade either of my Win7 machines (or those of my customers) once I blocked and hid the KB3035583 update, but then I've always had Windows update set to notify me/them first of updates before any are actually downloaded. If you leave Windows update to do its own thing then you're just asking for trouble. ;-) Cheers. |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
The other thing that I would like to say is that I don't have any 8.1 machines, so I'm rather "in the dark" about the status of available updates for that. I know 7's situation because that's what I use daily. The only time I find out about updates for 8.1 are either when I find them in my research via Google, or, like a few weeks ago, when I do a clean install of someone's 8.1 laptop--which isn't/won't be often, nor as in-depth anyway. It would not surprise me if they're trying harder with 8.1 than 7, mostly because a lot of people still don't like 8.1. But 7 on the other hand, is kind of the benchmark/baseline to live up to now, and a lot of corporate/enterprise/schools have finally moved up to 7 from XP, and they're not quite willing to move up to something else again so soon. 7 is going to be around for quite some time. I figure it will drag on and on and on like XP did, if only because so many enterprise environments are using it now and A) they don't want to do another upgrade, and B) considering that there isn't a single government of the world who will touch 10 yet over security concerns, I don't see enterprise environments willing to use it, either. And that's my baseline that I'm using. When governments of the world feel like they can trust 10, then I might be willing to trust it. Yes, you can turn most of the spying/data-mining things off, but not all of them, and not completely off. Some of them turn themselves back on, or when a new update (that you can't control--another reason I don't want it) comes along, it can turn everything back on, and even add new stuff. And you can only turn off stuff that has been found by others....there may be more deeply-rooted things that haven't been found yet--you can't turn it off if you don't know it exists. So that's what it's going to take for me to move up to 10. Guarantee that it isn't spying on me and sifting through all of my data and archiving it to "The Cloud", and give me back control of my computer and let me choose what updates to install and when they will be installed. //rant Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
Now you'll be finding that your work computer will also start trying to get Windows 10, as Microsoft shifts its attention to small businesses and other small organizations that need to be bullied into using Windows 10. Good luck out there. No, MS don't care that you run software that isn't Windows 10 compatible. Get Windows 10 anyway. Is good for you. |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
Now you'll be finding that your work computer will also start trying to get Windows 10, as Microsoft shifts its attention to small businesses and other small organizations that need to be bullied into using Windows 10. I actually did some computer work for a local Harley Davidson dealer a few years back and I was almost mortified at how absolutely ancient their computer/database system was. The database back-end was so old that it had to be run in a very-outdated VM (vmware workstation 2.0) so that it would support an ancient build of SCO, and that's what provided the back-end for invoicing and inventory. And there was some very-custom front-end that was built for 98SE. In 2008, they got the lead programmer from the software firm that had gone defunct 10 years earlier to re-write the front-end to work in XP. I asked if they had looked into more... modern options, and they said that they had, but there were two things holding them back: licensing and support cost for a database, and then the cost of exporting the SCO database that goes back to like.. 1989 into a newer format was quoted to be more than their entire sales for a quarter. But let's face it: really small businesses probably don't use it, but mid-range ones to large enterprises use WSUS and domains. You can totally bypass and avoid all the upgrade crap using WSUS alone. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
I had a conversation yesterday with the IT manager of the company from which I retired. He said they were ordering a new desktop for the store manager in St Louis. When I told him to avoid Win 10 due to the privacy issue he said the word among businesses he knew was that 10 won't be released for commercial clients for some time. They can still purchase Win 7 rigs through CDW who supplies the majority of the equipment they use which they are doing. As an aside and addendum to the comment regarding the Harley Davidson dealership, my former company was still running Server 2003 until last summer due to licensing costs to support approximately 300 users on top of the licensing costs of M$ Office. And Win 8.1 and 10 does not play well with the VM and network structure of their business. When you add the cost of the upgrade of the POS, Financial and Inventory software provided by INFOR(a business software provider), it approaches $500,000 to stay on the 'bleeding edge' of business. It's never been cheap to be in bed with M$ and it's gonna get worse. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
Oh, and a clarification to the details of the Harley Davidson story. It was in 2011 when I was there for a service call. And the host machine that the ancient VM was running in was a 4U dual Pentium II machine running 2000 Server. Yeah. I mean, it works, and there's still like... two people that know how to do admin tasks in that setup, but it is pretty much totally stable and reliable, so... why change things if it still works? I was there for an issue on a single workstation, not anything server or back-end related. I just happened to be there when one of those two people that know how it works was upgrading to SCO 3.2.0 in the VM. Yeah. Watch out, guys... we've got some bleeding-edge stuff going on here. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
I actually did some computer work for a local Harley Davidson dealer a few years back and I was almost mortified at how absolutely ancient their computer/database system was. Reminds me of a car parts storage I worked at a couple years back, where they had a Commodore 64 do the printing of the orders. Asking why, they said they didn't see why they needed a PC with new software etc. when this old C64 could do as well. Aside from that, it wouldn't so easily be infected with any of today's viruses. :-) Flipping the on switch in the morning, it would auto-load the required software from the floppy drive and be printing away within a minute. Try that with a PC. :) |
Cactus Bob Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 209 Credit: 10,924,287 RAC: 29 |
WOW. Apple users brag about how hackers concentrate on MS over apple and they are safe. I owned a couple C64 and I gotta admit, Never once did I worry about a virus, adware or Trojan. Did they ever sell anti-virus for C64? Your HD dealer is probably correct, It working and aint broke, why fix it. Bob Sometimes I wonder, what happened to all the people I gave directions to? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SETI@home classic workunits 4,321 SETI@home classic CPU time 22,169 hours |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
It's HARD to download a virus at 56k baud on a plugin phone modem.....":D) I miss my C64, still got the monitor, keyboard/cpu and the floppy drive.....I may try to boot it tomorrow, if I can find a disk. That was my first exposure to a GUI interface, had an office program called 'Magicdesk' or 'Superdesk' really primitive but yes you could print invoices with it. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Jeff Buck Send message Joined: 11 Feb 00 Posts: 1441 Credit: 148,764,870 RAC: 0 |
It's HARD to download a virus at 56k baud on a plugin phone modem.....":D) 56k...WOW! That would've been pretty fast for a C64. The speediest I ever had was a VOLKS 6480 that topped out at 1200bps. Sold it on eBay about 15 years ago for $5! |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34379 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Good old times. That reminds me we had to write a virus for the C64 in university. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
I stand corrected Jeff, it WAS a lot slower. I now recall baud rates of 300/600/1200. It's just been SO LONG ago. And I also had a volksmodem.....":D) "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
Greetings, Did the Commodore have to use peripherals made for it? Back in the day, when I was learning computing, it was on a Tandy Color Computer 3 and I was using peripherals not specific to it including a 2400 Baud modem. The OS used was OS-9 from Microware Systems Corporation. It was a derivative of Unix. Keep on BOINCing...! :) CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
It's never been cheap to be in bed with M$ and it's gonna get worse. x1 ......":D)........":D) "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
More news you didn't want. People buying new hardware, more precisely the new CPUs from Intel, AMD and Qualcomm, but also GPUs from Intel, AMD and Nvidia, should know that soon their hardware is only fully supported under Windows 10. The Intel Skylake processors will have support until 17 July 2017 for some of this processor's classes on Windows 7 and 8.1, the newer ones will only be supported by Windows 10. The newer Intel Kaby Lake processor, the QualComm 8996 processor and the Bristol Ridge processor by AMD will all only have Windows 10 support. This does not mean they don't work with older OSes, just that when you have problems that you're required to update to Windows 10 before you're eligible for support. Apropos, for those of you thinking, "heck it, I'll go to Linux then", these also require newer kernel versions to fully support the new hardware, but at least updating here is free. Two significant improvements have been integrated in what Larabel described as "a calm release cycle": a reworked open source support platform for Nvidia graphics cards and support for Intel's latest 6th Generation Skylake processors. |
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