Susan Harkins
harkins at iglou.com
Tue Feb 11 12:38:00 CST 2003
> Yes, but with W2K SP3, it is setup to do this automatically. My knee-jerk > reaction was to disable this "evil Bill Gates wants root access to my PC" > functionality. As a result, I'm WAYYYY behind in my security patches. > > I would be more concerned with the implications of installing questionable > patches and dealing with the outcomes. I installed an IDE driver that > effectively hosed up both my CD-ROMs, and then spent the better part of the > evening reversing the process. Think a client would be willing to pay for > this additional cleanup? ===============Absolutely -- and the automatic updates can be easily dismissed -- too many updates are buggy themselves. I never install an update or patch until it's well established and the problems are known. You'd simply be sharing the truth with your clients. Susan H.