[olePigeon]

So I run Windows Update. The Malicious Software Removal tool "update" is there. I click to hide it because we use Webroot SpySweeper and there're known conflicts if Microsoft's software is installed.

So I click the "Hide this update." But whenever I click the update later on, it rechecks it to be installed with a warning that "You have an important update hidden and we think it should be installed because your computer may be vulnerable."

Where's the "F*ck off, I know what I'm doing" check box?

Damn it I hate how Microsoft thinks everyone is retarded.

[Leia's Left Bun]

Well everyone at microsoft IS retarded.

[stevesnj]

'I know whats best for you and your computer,you are a dumb user we know how to run your life and computer'

[ghporter]

No, but they do think that a large number of their customers are "challenged," particularly in the security arena. This is actually very true, or there wouldn't be anywhere near the number of spy- and adware issues to be concerned about.

Unfortunately, it's doubly true of Mac users; social engineering WILL cause mass chaos when something that actually can bork up OS X shows up. I believe it will make "I Love You" look lame in comparison.

But yes, they do seem to act like we're retarded-that there are no other spyware removers out there, let alone ones that we may like better...

[olePigeon]

Can I report Microsoft to the President for being annoying?

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Well everyone at microsoft IS retarded.

Including the designers of the Xbox 360?

[Leia's Left Bun]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Including the designers of the Xbox 360?

Everyone but them. They aren't even in the same building.

[Albert Pujols]

you can turn it off in the control panel, that's what I did. It really is the most annoying thing ever, especially when it automatically installs the patch and reboots your computer without even asking you first.

[nredman]

my wife doesnt like the fact that she has to use IE to get updates - since she switched to firefox

[strictlyplaid]

It's impossible for Microsoft to match Mac people's conception of what good security is, because to do that would require cutting their marketshare to a point so low that hackers don't even bother.

'Course, if these Intel Macs boost market share to perceptible levels, we might find out how secure OS X really is.

Also, just a note and not something I know a ton about, several Mac users I know at my workplace have reported problems with OS X's Software Updates feature; apparently it sometimes causes certain apps to be mysteriously disabled/uninstalled from the computer, occasionally to the point where they don't come back.

[nredman]

really - thats strange

[Kenneth]

Yea.. working at a PC building shop, I have to load all the patches before shipping them out. The whole process was hideous.

[IFLY2HIGH]

I know what you mean, I have an XP box as well, and everytime I have to fire it up, oh there's another few updates needed. While I'm always up for making something run soomther and don't mind updaeting, the fustrating part is, it's always secerity updates and not making windows function better, faster, less pron to crashing updates. This to me is where Apple accells at. Yeah we do get secerity patches, but what once a month maybe and the software is updated as well not for secerity reasons, but to make it function better on our systems. I like running an OS that is constantly improved over time to run faster and better on my machine, makeing it rock solid, not one that's outdated and has constant secerity issues.

[galarneau]

Try:

http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/

It allows you to install updates using Firefox.

Works like a champ.