> - > If I use the auto stuff I don't have to think about it at > all - that's a plus, > but if the UPDATES change the way I use the computer, I > dont' want them. >
They've never changed the way I use mine. I don't know why you think they would. It's a fundamental principle of good user interface design that you don't mess with somebody's settings without their permission and without resetting them when you're done. Microsoft are generally pretty good at sticking with this, although other companies are pretty shocking sometimes. > If all the updates that are automatic are about security, > I'm fine with that. > I suspect that you can set it up so that it only takes security updates automatically and nothing else. However, that is not guaranteed to be effective for ever. > But you will forgive me if I have gotten a new computer and > within two days > I'm getting a message that I should "update" the system. > This is bound to happen and it's no different in principle from having an 'errata' slip in a book. The software is under continual development for one reason or another and it doesn't take very long before the current version is later than the version that was installed on your new PC - it just wants to bring you up to the latest version. > I won't really be on my new server until tomorrow. > > I just really hate what the internet has become - another > form of "entertainment" > peppered with commercials ad nauseum. > Me too. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
