Perhaps he could offer: up to 16 hours pay each month, in addition to their regular salary, for doing community service.
In traffic court recently, several people god 'community service' instead of jail time. Perhaps this should be specifically excluded from the above policy?
I have not yet finished downloading America's Army yet. I'm in the final few missions for Medal of Honor, though, and I must say that (to me) it doesn't measure up to Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Not to say that MOH is a bad game, just that RTCW would seem to teach military tactics much better.
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Sounds like a really cheap porn movie I once, um, borrowed.
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If there is a security fix you should, by all means, apply the patch...AFTER you understand what's going to be affected.
My point is that you should NEVER apply anything to a production (mission critical/work/your-ass-on-the-line) box without knowing exactly what is going on. At best, you'd have a test server (or workstation, for your clients) as a test for the patch process. If that machine breaks, ya probably don't want to apply it to the rest of the boxes, am I right?
I'd get that checked, and in a hurry. IE 6.1 installs with a nasty little check box (called Enable Install On Demand (other)) checked ON be default.
Several computers that I support have had some nasty stuff running on them, like multiple copies of CMD.EXE and NET.EXE. So you may want to check Task Manager for any unfamiliear tasks running, and download a copy of LavaSoft's Ad-Aware.
"Let me put it this way. Since the inception of Windows Update millions of computers have been infected with Trojan's..."
This is akin to saying: "Since the inception of Penicillin millions of people have been infected with AIDS..." Technically true, but potentially unlinked.
From what I read, he offered no proof (nor even linked to an opinion) that MS ever infected any computer with a trojan via Windows Update.
Oh, by the way... If you're comparing your computer to a car (aka Mission Critical) then surely you have a Mission Critical backup of your Mission Critical system, right?
Anyone else can either reinstall or call MS to make them aware.
"Wait until Longhorn is released and Windows Update Next Generation gets released. You'll see it addresses many of the problems I've outlined."
Good. So what was your rant about again?
Why not do some simple Google searches, or *gasp* look at all the stuff MS has released and see if it applies to your situation? It's really very simple stuff.
I've come to the understanding that software is never 100% reliable (even Linux) and sometimes you should double-check to make sure your'e getting what you need to get (in relation to Windows Update).
I didn't know this until w got an XP box at work (the rest of our boxes run 2k) but in Task Manager you get a Network Utilization %. I've never found that sort of utility in native Win2k.
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I still say it wound like the .com era, where employees could come and go, play games at work, etc.
And don't you think it would make it problematic to hire shift workers (Operations, Help Desk, etc.) and even harder to keep them from playing?
It may work in some environments, but not many that I've worked in.
I agree.
Perhaps he could offer: up to 16 hours pay each month, in addition to their regular salary, for doing community service.
In traffic court recently, several people god 'community service' instead of jail time. Perhaps this should be specifically excluded from the above policy?
I must shoot you now.
My IP addresses are internal to my network, so they'd not do you any good.
"The four pillars of the male heterosexual psyche: naked women, lingerie, lesbians, and James Bond."
You seem to have misplaced Bruce Lee with James Bond, and beer with lingerie.
I have not yet finished downloading America's Army yet. I'm in the final few missions for Medal of Honor, though, and I must say that (to me) it doesn't measure up to Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Not to say that MOH is a bad game, just that RTCW would seem to teach military tactics much better.
Sounds like a really cheap porn movie I once, um, borrowed.
I can speak for Amsterdam.
If there is a security fix you should, by all means, apply the patch...AFTER you understand what's going to be affected.
My point is that you should NEVER apply anything to a production (mission critical/work/your-ass-on-the-line) box without knowing exactly what is going on. At best, you'd have a test server (or workstation, for your clients) as a test for the patch process. If that machine breaks, ya probably don't want to apply it to the rest of the boxes, am I right?
All of them are connected to the Internet.
Why should that make a difference?
Thanks.
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I guess they're everywhere, because mine's a crappy one too. Went in there once. Just once.
Personally, with all the negative press the police have experienced, I think there should be NO option to turn recording off.
I'd get that checked, and in a hurry. IE 6.1 installs with a nasty little check box (called Enable Install On Demand (other)) checked ON be default.
Several computers that I support have had some nasty stuff running on them, like multiple copies of CMD.EXE and NET.EXE. So you may want to check Task Manager for any unfamiliear tasks running, and download a copy of LavaSoft's Ad-Aware.
"... I find both to be (almost) bug free..."
So you're saying it's a lot like Windows Update, except that you NEVER have to pay for the MS version.
If I've never been infected, trojaned, rooted or compromised, then maybe (just maybe) it's working as designed. If not, what the fuck do I care?
If I need to be that anal, such as a business machine, I'd use the 'search what patches have come out since date x' feature of the MS website.
Plus, I'd certainly not patch what wasn't broken in the first place.
Why would you spend all day in that loop? Not many of the downloads are required to be downloaded separately, so why not bunch them all up?
On a recent system I installed Win2k on, I had to reboot maybe 5 times. How is that all day?
Or did I just respond to someone who's trolling? I'm just never sure with an MS topic.
I agree. If a major security fix is out, I'm sure as hell not betting my business on Snail Mail.
If you are a sysadmin that patches a SERVER withough anything actually being broken, then you, sir, deserve to be fired.
Why would you mess with something that wasn't broken?
"Let me put it this way. Since the inception of Windows Update millions of computers have been infected with Trojan's..."
This is akin to saying: "Since the inception of Penicillin millions of people have been infected with AIDS..." Technically true, but potentially unlinked.
From what I read, he offered no proof (nor even linked to an opinion) that MS ever infected any computer with a trojan via Windows Update.
Oh, by the way... If you're comparing your computer to a car (aka Mission Critical) then surely you have a Mission Critical backup of your Mission Critical system, right?
Anyone else can either reinstall or call MS to make them aware.
bra-f ing-VO!
One of the more complete and concise posts I've read in a while.
"Wait until Longhorn is released and Windows Update Next Generation gets released. You'll see it addresses many of the problems I've outlined."
Good. So what was your rant about again?
Why not do some simple Google searches, or *gasp* look at all the stuff MS has released and see if it applies to your situation? It's really very simple stuff.
I've come to the understanding that software is never 100% reliable (even Linux) and sometimes you should double-check to make sure your'e getting what you need to get (in relation to Windows Update).
Boy, after I read that I swear I heard the distinct Warner Brothers sound of a split hair falling to the ground...
I didn't know this until w got an XP box at work (the rest of our boxes run 2k) but in Task Manager you get a Network Utilization %. I've never found that sort of utility in native Win2k.