- Order the Windows Security Update CD
- Posted by D.A.L. on May 5th, 2004
Follow this link and order the Windows Security Update CD for *free*
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/security/protect/alert.mspx
Sorry for x-posting but thought it was highly helpful to everyone.
Need to have .Net passport to order. You can register when you order.
- Posted by David Bradley on May 5th, 2004
On Wed, 5 May 2004 09:44:46 +0100, "D.A.L." <gu47otu@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Did so, and it takes just under a month to arrive. Mine is dated
February 2004 but I am not aware of any later versions, are there any?
The CD is useful for those not on Broadband and for patching PCs that
have never used the update site but there are of course several major
patches that need to be applied post February 2004.
Personally I feel it is a CD that should be available at all computer
store check out locations rather than ISP installation discs.
David Bradley
- Posted by Adam Davies on May 5th, 2004
In article <qcfh90t4ra55cjavpjqb4ovt3dia5b2hal@4ax.com>,
powerman@nopost.com says...
they could do is make sure that all net & magaines have them on their
cover discs
- Posted by Sunil Sood on May 5th, 2004
"David Bradley" <powerman@nopost.com> wrote in message
news:qcfh90t4ra55cjavpjqb4ovt3dia5b2hal@4ax.com...
The latest version is dated February 2004 but only actually contains patches
up to October 2003 - thus a visit to Windows Update is essential after using
it... or you could wait for a new version, once Windows XP SP2 is released,
before asking for a cd..
Its also worth pointing out that the cd covers *all* MS OS's from Windows 98
onwards... not just Windows XP.
Regards
Sunil
- Posted by David Bradley on May 5th, 2004
On Wed, 5 May 2004 21:28:48 +0100, Adam Davies <cornhouse@hotmail.com>
wrote:
In response to your cost issue for Billy Goat, what springs to mind is
the number of AOL disks that are produced, without any effort I laid
my hands on five copies, not to mention the one that arrived in the
post yesterday and another that fell out of a magazine I purchased
last week, plus the copy that came with the new DELL machine that
arrived yeasterday. And you tell me that Microsoft can not afford to
do likewise with someone similar for the security patches. I don't
believe you!
David Bradley
- Posted by Mr Cellophane on May 5th, 2004
So why have MS refused permission for any cover mounted disk to carry patches and updates for XP?
(Source .net mag)
- Posted by Lurch on May 5th, 2004
On Wed, 5 May 2004 21:28:48 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband Adam Davies
<cornhouse@hotmail.com> strung together this:
They did, but in their infinite wisdom MS disallowed that practice.
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A.C.S. Ltd.
- Posted by JF on May 5th, 2004
In message <91dmc.2906$Za2.27649281@news-text.cableinet.net>, Mr
Cellophane <mrcellophane1@{yourtits}hotmail.com> writes
An XP update without the machine phoning home? Heavens. The end of
civilisation! The days when IE was carried on such CD-ROMs are over,
too. Now all you get is a stub program that phones home. Jf
- Posted by Sunil Sood on May 6th, 2004
"Mr Cellophane" <mrcellophane1@{yourtits}hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:91dmc.2906$Za2.27649281@news-text.cableinet.net...
Appartantly, Microsoft have been having 2nd thoughts on this policy - expect
to see MS Service Packs etc reappear on magazines in a couple of months...
Regards
Sunil
- Posted by Mr Cellophane on May 6th, 2004
"JF" <jf@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:5N971qCN9WmAFwMG@marage.demon.co.uk...
the disk does phone home if its allowed to if its not it does not.
One thing though is, it does change the home page to Microsoft's from whatever you had it.
- Posted by Rob Morley on May 6th, 2004
In article <91dmc.2906$Za2.27649281@news-text.cableinet.net>, "Mr
Cellophane" mrcellophane1@{yourtits}hotmail.com says...
I think they got a bit upset when a pirated version of XP was widely
available before product launch, and then the pirate-killing features of
SP1 were circumvented. I expect they're building up a database of
everyone who's ever used a service pack or update.
- Posted by Helen Page on May 6th, 2004
David Bradley <powerman@nopost.com> wrote:
A good scattering of AOL disks results in a load of sign-ups = more than
enough money to make it worth producing the disks. How does distributing
security patch disks benefit MS financially? Certainly not as much as AOL's
disks benefit them!
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- Posted by Darren Hatherley on May 6th, 2004
D.A.L. wrote:
These boards are not for advertising, and this one is not even computer
related, let alone Microsoft or Windows related. Don't cross-post - it
makes finding relevant material so much more difficult.
Thanks.
- Posted by Dr Teeth on May 16th, 2004
On Thu, 6 May 2004 15:52:44 +0100, "Helen Page" <helen@celosia.co.uk>
wrote:
They don't have to employ staff to package them, they don't have to
spend money on posting them etc DUH!
Cheers,
Guy
** I may not be perfect, but I'm
** English, and that's the next best thing!
- Posted by David Bradley on May 16th, 2004
On Thu, 6 May 2004 15:52:44 +0100, "Helen Page" <helen@celosia.co.uk>
wrote:
By providing a service, the customer base is retained with brand
loyalty moving onto new operating systems as they are released. What
is a dribble to alternative operating systems can become an avalanche
if you bite the hand that feeds you or in this case stick up two
fingers to end user problems.
David Bradley
