On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:53:33 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 14:10:30 -0400, "JimH" wrote:

"Affecting all the XP users who have been avoiding or procrastinating
about
installing the Windows XP Service Pack 2 upgrade, Microsoft is about to
make
the decision for them.

On April 12, Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to turn on its Automatic Update
service, which will deploy the XP Service Pack 2 to all PCs connected to
the
Internet regardless of whether corporate IT departments or individual PC
users have prepared for it.

SP2, developed to fix critical security holes and deploy performance
enhancements, was originally released in September 2004. But in response
to
customer complaints, Microsoft suspended the automatic deployment for
eight
months to give users time to prepare for the upgrade."

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1783476,00.asp

Also see:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/1071076.cms

and

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2797729.htm

Big brother has you.

As this is a computer NG and this is a computer related notice to the
forum
users it is not OT. Besides, I will now mention the
word..................BOAT. ;-)

I shut off automatic updates long ago.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Read it again John. You will get it regardless of what your settings are.


From your second reference:

"S to shut SP2 block feature Add to Clippings

AGENCIES[ THURSDAY, APRIL 07, 2005 10:06:29 AM]
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BEIJING: Microsoft will turn off a feature that allows some enterprises to block
the Microsoft will turn off a feature that allows some enterprises to block the
downloading of its Service Pack 2 (SP2) security update for Windows XP
downloading of its Service Pack 2 (SP2) security update for Windows XP.

This move will start from Tuesday, April 12, which means SP2 will be downloaded
automatically to desktop computers that use Windows' Automatic Update feature."

I don't see how they can automatically install anything without the update
service being 'on'. Unless your second site was wrong, they can't.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."