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61.
by setq 9y ago
This really should apply to all software.
62.
by setq 9y ago
Depends if I'm being paid by the hour or the job :)
63.
by setq 9y ago
You can attach a GPO to the OU that the machines are in and turn it off for everyone.
64.
by setq 9y ago
> I fill the gas tank because I monitor the fuel gauge, not because it warns me that it's nearly empty. You are better than 99% of users which is what this issue is about. You are a power user capable of looking after a machine. T
65.
by setq 9y ago
I use iOS and CentOS regularly. It doesn't happen either. However the former has a different security model and the latter is mainly run by experts. The point is moot.
66.
by setq 9y ago
I very much doubt she had no warning. You got two warnings and had to opt out. She probably just clicked through them. Check the event log and scheduler logs. It will have the event in there saying the user consented to it. I had to find th
67.
by setq 9y ago
Talking of which: http://download.wsusoffline.net/
68.
by setq 9y ago
I agree with the person above your comment. For example some simulation loads are common to run on deskside systems. However this IS definitely an edge case and it is possible to turn it off. I have run a physical host as a build agent that
69.
by setq 9y ago
The user is not usually in a position to decide if they need updates or not or to judge whether or not they are putting themselves at risk by not updating the machine. That's a terrible analogy. I have been shaming people for bad secur
70.
by setq 9y ago
It's you. Look at the spread of this malware. If MS17-010 was applied automatically unconditionally, this would have not spread. The global scale of it shows how the end user is less trustworthy than the vendor.
71.
by setq 9y ago
This is even worse when your freshly deployed AWS instances run like shit for the first hour too.
72.
by setq 9y ago
This is an edge case for a very small percentage of users. Use GPMC to turn it off entirely or change the key at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings Set DWORD IsActiveHoursEnabled to 0.
73.
by setq 9y ago
This is an interesting and genuine case where I can see that it doesn't make sense. In your case it should be possible to have a windows "branch" with just critical vulnerabilities patched with binary diffs or something rathe
74.
by setq 9y ago
That only happens if you put the updates off of they've been there for a couple of days and you have something running that makes it assume that the machine is still active. People seeding torrents overnight seems to be the only place
75.
by setq 9y ago
This has never happened to me unless I've actively ignored it and I sit in front of a Windows PC for 12 hours a day and have done for 19 years.
76.
by setq 9y ago
Not yet. Only when you run out of gas. However in a few years, are people going to get pissed off when their Tesla has enough of their shit and drives itself to a charging point because the owner is too incompetent to heed the warnings?
77.
by setq 9y ago
I don't know why people complain about updates and restarting, particularly in this thread. You fill your car up with fuel regularly because it has been warning you it's nearly empty for a while much like updates remind you regula
78.
by setq 9y ago
Similar story here. Although the only way I could get my hands on the school computers was intentionally swearing at the dinner ladies and being sent inside to sit in "the boring computer room" because the school had a strict poli
79.
by setq 9y ago
Completely agree. I've taken the liberty of taking a quick snap of a random page in "Arithmetic for the Practical Man" to include below for those poor people poisoned by modern textbooks: http://i.imgur.com/Bg
80.
by setq 9y ago
There isn't one. Report the vulnerabilities to the vendor and move on. The trade off is too dangerous. Do you stockpile munitions that can damage global infrastructure so you can target a small number of individuals? No that's jus
81.
by setq 9y ago
Feynman learned mathematics from a series of self teaching books published in the 1940's suffixed "...for the Practical Man" and prefixed with Arithmetic, Algebra and Calculus. I have the full set and this is a rather good so
82.
by setq 9y ago
Reddit is all over it although it has turned into something suitably reminiscent of Alex Jones' material. Jeremy Hunt is apparently directly responsible for running XP on all NHS equipment and pulling the plug on the support contract f
83.
by setq 9y ago
This affected all versions of windows, not just XP. You're right about the updates though.
84.
by setq 9y ago
It's not actually like that. They have a heavily restricted backbone and lots of little isolated networks hanging off it. This is lots of independent cases of idiocy causing infection. Policy controls, poor patching and user education
85.
by setq 9y ago
Overflow on a cast between a 16/32 bit value I think.
86.
by setq 9y ago
My father thinks this. £10,000 of Nikon kit later it still looks like shit.
87.
by setq 10y ago
I read books on the tube :)
88.
by setq 10y ago
I've dumped all of these services due to random crap like this. Phone, SMS, email or go away. They're not perfect but they are significantly better than anything else. However if you want a real turd: Skype for Business. Everythin
89.
by setq 10y ago
I have some horror stories on this sort of drug and attitude which I don't wish to detail here with an identifiable account, but you are spot on. Many people have suffered in the hands of doctors with that attitude, some irreversibly h
90.
by setq 10y ago
I've been poor. £12 a week ($20) to feed three, evicted from rental, no job (because of an asshat)

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