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From: R on 19 Nov 2009 14:22 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > Is there not an option during the install though (I don't know there > is). No. > Luckily bandwidth isn't the issue it once was (for most anyway), Most service providers have a fair usage limit during peak hours. These updates could push people over such a limit. Several hundred MBs of updates would not be unusual.
From: T i m on 19 Nov 2009 14:42 On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:22:33 +0000, me32(a)privacy.net (R) wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> Is there not an option during the install though (I don't know there >> is). > >No. Shame. > > > Luckily bandwidth isn't the issue it once was (for most anyway), > >Most service providers have a fair usage limit during peak >hours. True. > These updates could push people over such a limit. True. >Several hundred MBs of updates would not be unusual. Yup, I think the last time I did the Mac it was over 500M. <Checks router stat logs in inbox> Received 31212MB last month. ;-) Cheers, T i m
From: chris on 20 Nov 2009 04:32 T i m wrote: > Anyroadup, this isn't a Windows issue but user one as when you install > Windows it asks you if you want to use automatic updates or not. I > always say no (but may tweak the options later dependent on the role / > usage). Except, almost no-one installs Windows. The vast majority buy a PC with Windows on it. So, they're unlikely to even see the option.
From: T i m on 20 Nov 2009 06:19 On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:32:27 +0000, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: >T i m wrote: >> Anyroadup, this isn't a Windows issue but user one as when you install >> Windows it asks you if you want to use automatic updates or not. I >> always say no (but may tweak the options later dependent on the role / >> usage). > >Except, almost no-one installs Windows. The vast majority buy a PC with >Windows on it. So, they're unlikely to even see the option. True. But it's just a 'default setting', like the OSX firewall <shrug>. I wasn't having a go at anyone for not knowing there was a choice and from what I've been told so far, at least you do get a choice (when installing), unlike with OSX? Cheers, T i m
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 20 Nov 2009 13:06
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:38:17 +0000, black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com (Jon B) wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> Out of interest, why don't you set your Windows updates to work >> similar to the Apple updates, informing you that they are available >> but giving you the choice of when to install them? >> > >I do now that I'm aware of the auto reboots and the potential pitfalls. >But I'm not generally a Windows user so was caught out unawares of the >perils of having a machine left for 5 minutes beside you doing vital >work that it may then decide to do something else. And in my case that's the way the work machine came set. Cheers - Jaimie -- None of this will matter in 20 billion years. |