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From: John Corliss on 10 Jun 2010 14:07 Craig wrote: > occam wrote: >> Hmm, which version of MS OS? I had 16 patches offered (and installed) on >> Win XP Pro yesterday, but the above was not among them. > >> APPLIES TO >> >> * Windows Live Toolbar >> * Bing Bar > > <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982217#appliesto> > > What's not clear to me is if this patch is applied regardless of whether > either of the above are present. > > hth, I would say no, since I don't have those things installed and the update wasn't even offered to me at the Windows Update website. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: s|b on 10 Jun 2010 16:36 On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:34:24 -0700, Craig wrote: > > As part of its regular Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an update > > for its various toolbars, and this update came with more than just > > documented fixes. The update also installs an add-on for Internet > > Explorer and an extension for Mozilla Firefox, both without the > > user's permission. > > <http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/06/microsoft-slips-ie-firefox-add-on-into-toolbar-update.ars> > > The lack of transparency at MS is what's most galling. WinXP Home SP3, all updates. No add-ons were installed. I install Windows updates manually and no "Search Enhancement Pack" was offered. -- s|b
From: John Corliss on 10 Jun 2010 18:17 s|b wrote: > Craig wrote: > >>> As part of its regular Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an update >>> for its various toolbars, and this update came with more than just >>> documented fixes. The update also installs an add-on for Internet >>> Explorer and an extension for Mozilla Firefox, both without the >>> user's permission. >> >> <http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/06/microsoft-slips-ie-firefox-add-on-into-toolbar-update.ars> >> >> The lack of transparency at MS is what's most galling. > > WinXP Home SP3, all updates. No add-ons were installed. I install > Windows updates manually and no "Search Enhancement Pack" was offered. Ditto here, but when I say "all updates", I mean only critical ones. I learned long ago not to install hardware updates from MS's Windows Update site. Almost every time that I have, I've experienced loss of functionality with the component in question and have had to go back to the previous version of the driver. YMMV, but that's how it's been for me. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: za kAT on 10 Jun 2010 18:35 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:17:08 -0700, John Corliss wrote: > I > learned long ago not to install hardware updates from MS's Windows > Update site. Almost every time that I have, I've experienced loss of > functionality with the component in question and have had to go back to > the previous version of the driver. Notorious. I don't know why they still offer them. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for denigration!
From: Thip on 10 Jun 2010 18:49
"s|b" <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote in message news:4c114cde$1_1(a)news4us.nl... > On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:34:24 -0700, Craig wrote: > WinXP Home SP3, all updates. No add-ons were installed. I install > Windows updates manually and no "Search Enhancement Pack" was offered. > > -- > s|b Win7 64-bit here and no such update. I check all mine thoroughly before I download/install anything. |