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What's Really Broken with Windows Update - Trust

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yer-kidding-me dept.

Be Cool writes "According to ZDNet, Microsoft has steered itself into a real trust tarpit with Windows Update: 'See, here's the problem. To feel comfortable with having an open channel that allows your OS to be updated at the whim of a third party (even/especially* Microsoft ... * delete as applicable) requires that the user trusts the third party not to screw around with the system in question. This means no fiddling on the sly, being clear about what the updates do and trying not to release updates that hose systems. While any and all updates have the potential to hose a system, there's no excuse for hiding the true nature of updates and absolutely no excuse for pushing sneaky updates down the tubes. Over the months vigilant Windows users have caught Microsoft betraying user trust on several separate occasions and this behavior is eroding customer confidence in the entire update mechanism.'"

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  1. Release Too Soon... by WED+Fan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The problem is that MS is under the gun. Sometimes they release too soon, and blam it bites them in the butt.

    Of course, there are folks that say, "If they would have designed it properly the first time..." But, you know what, a project the size of an OS, kernal, Office app is very hard to weed out all the problems. So, updates are needed. But, you have to balance the quick release versus good release. Too slow and you get a bunch of wonks screaming about "no fix yet", too fast and those same wonks scream, "broken apps".

    You can have it:

    • Fast
    • Cheap
    • Good

    But, you can only choose 2 of the above.

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    1. Re:Release Too Soon... by TobyRush · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      BLAM it BITES them in the butt??

      BLAM -> BITES??

      What!?!?!? Wait, you don't hear a "blam" sound when you bite something? Like, when you're eating toast, you know, and it's all, "Blam! Blam! Blam-blam! Blam!" Right? Slashdot, back me up on this...
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    2. Re:Release Too Soon... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      404 File or directory not found. 500.11 Server error: Application is shutting down on the Web server. 403.20 Forbidden: Passport logon failed. 403.19 Forbidden: Cannot execute CGIs for the client in this application pool. 412 Precondition set by the client failed when evaluated on the Web server. 403.19 Forbidden: Cannot execute CGIs for the client in this application pool. 500.12 Server error: Application is busy restarting on the Web server. 500.11 Server error: Application is shutting down on the Web server. 403.18 Forbidden: Cannot execute requested URL in the current application pool. 403.10 Forbidden: Web server is configured to deny Execute access. 410 File has been removed. 404.1 File or directory not found: Web site not accessible on the requested port. 403.1 Forbidden: Execute access is denied. 500.17 Server error: URL authorization store cannot be found. 403.10 Forbidden: Web server is configured to deny Execute access. 401.3 Unauthorized: Access is denied due to an ACL set on the requested resource. 403.8 Forbidden: DNS name of the client is rejected. 403.9 Forbidden: Too many clients are trying to connect to the Web server. 403.6 Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected. 500.11 Server error: Application is shutting down on the Web server. 500.18 Server error: URL authorization store cannot be opened.

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  2. copyediting by ketamine-bp · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the copyediting is getting worse and worse daily...
    i just can't read the damn thing in the first stance...

  3. Re:This reminds me of an incident.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dood u got mad 'safe mode' skillz woot!

    Seriously running manual updates if you have more than a handful of PCs? Doubtful.

  4. Re:This reminds me of an incident.... by smoker2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And I noticed that on approximately 5/100 of their computers,
    Oh, you mean 5 % ?
    Maybe you should read this.