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Windows Update setup

Windows Update setup
When you set up Windows for the first time, you see a screen that asks you to choose your update options. There is no Next button. You have to choose one of these options. If you’re not sure which one is right for you, there’s a link to text that explains what each one does, as well as a link to the Update Services Privacy Agreement.

For the full story, see What Microsoft can teach Apple about software updates
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I agree - the windows way is worse overall
What the author has mostly nit-picked about is the strategy of the
click-through license agreements.. something that NO ONE CARES
ABOUT except lawyers and patent trolls.

The overall exp... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Hobyx Posted on: 03/28/08 You are currently: Logged In | Log out
6 of one/half a dozen of the other. Bruizer   | 03/25/08
Agree rdawson@...   | 03/25/08
Yes they can ryanmc   | 03/25/08
you usually get such benefits with high end vid/sound cards pcguy777   | 03/25/08
Those are WHQL-signed drivers Ed Bott  ZDNet | 03/28/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) richAllcorn@...   | 03/25/08
This is why Apple is banned from my computer NonZealot   | 03/25/08
From the PC Magazine review: msalzberg   | 03/25/08
AMEN! An Apple a Day   | 03/25/08
Im guessing Infinity306   | 03/25/08
Your guess would be WRONG! An Apple a Day   | 03/25/08
Spelled: "Mac" It's not an acronym tikigawd   | 03/25/08
"Mac" It's not an acronym? aperez@...   | 03/25/08
Hmmmmm An Apple a Day   | 03/26/08
Did you pray 5 times today... Bruizer   | 03/25/08
Exactly People   | 03/25/08
We are not talking OSX here. Rndmacts   | 03/25/08
Ah, the frantic wailings of someone in deep denial!! NonZealot   | 03/26/08
Message has been deleted. People   | 03/25/08
Safari - the one that *doesn't* crash roger@...   | 03/26/08
Safari crashes all the time, but hardly after the last update. ýlysdexia   | 03/28/08
Much ado about nothing SteveMak   | 03/25/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) zbyte@...   | 03/25/08
Funny Ed Bott  ZDNet | 03/28/08
I agree - the windows way is worse overall Hobyx   | 03/28/08
Hey Ed! Axsimulate   | 03/25/08
Wrong and wrong NonZealot   | 03/25/08
. People   | 03/25/08
RE: Wrong and wrong Axsimulate   | 03/25/08
it's -> its; your -> you're; retard ýlysdexia   | 03/28/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) david_craig@...   | 03/25/08
Of course you get Safari, but... t_mohajir   | 03/25/08
You miss the point completely...... venkatesh.sridhar@...   | 03/25/08
RE: Safari vs. IE on Windows keel   | 03/25/08
Actually, you can uninstall IE in Windows just as easily as any other app. ajole   | 03/25/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) STSanford   | 03/25/08
Yes, who wants to remember...? Ed Bott  ZDNet | 03/28/08
Gawd, Ed... William Cate   | 03/25/08
GNU/Linux Distro Updates are just as bad. payton@...   | 03/25/08
Not true with YaST Online Update on SUSE NonZealot   | 03/25/08
Repositories payton@...   | 03/25/08
Re: GNU/Linux Distro Updates are just as bad. UserLand   | 03/25/08
Distros and Repos payton@...   | 03/26/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) puggsly   | 03/25/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) juan.toro@...   | 03/25/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) juan.toro@...   | 03/25/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) fhil28@...   | 03/25/08
Let me get this straight. People   | 03/25/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) grayknight   | 03/25/08
Here's why Ed Bott  ZDNet | 03/27/08
ITunes updates dl122@...   | 03/25/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) toddo12   | 03/26/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) ben.reynolds   | 03/26/08
Every iTunes update breaks my Linx phone message app dougscrm@...   | 03/26/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) OutsideThe Box   | 03/26/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) rcschaff@...   | 03/27/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) pokeitwithastick   | 03/28/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) hdinin   | 03/28/08
Wrong Ed Bott  ZDNet | 03/28/08
RE: Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update) geoff@...   | 03/28/08
The point you're missing... Ed Bott  ZDNet | 03/28/08

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