Re: Disable MS updates

From: James (james.news@reather.com)
Date: 08/08/02 

From: "James" <james.news@reather.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:49:59 +0200

"Jeroen" <no@no.no> wrote in message news:3D5225E9.6266CBEA@no.no...
> James wrote:
> > Shouldn't you be trying to restrict this by preventing people from
> > *installing* the updates, not downloading them? Someone could easily
come
> > across W2k SP3 (on a magazine cover CD, say), bring it to work, and
install
> > it.
>
> Yes, that could be. Fortunaly, I'm not all that against installing SP3
> or whatever. Allow me to clarify.
>
> The EULA in SP3 grants MS the right to investigate and update the os and
> patchlevel when they want to, without prior consent.
>
> To be complete honest, *that* is what I'm trying to prevent. Either by
> not accepting the EULA (by not installing it), or, by preventing MS
> access in anyway possible. Changes are that a certain servicepack level
> will be needed in order to keep an running system in the future.
>
> Assuming (which has yet to be proven) that MS will use the update
> feature online to do what they describe in the EULA, I would like to
> block that part of microsoft.com.
>
> As you see, it's a difficult situation.

If you are *that* suspicious of Microsoft's intentions, you should probably
be blocking all access to *.microsoft.com anyway.

I'm pretty sure the EULA is unenforcable in the Netherlands anyway. The
last time I checked, European law overrides MS's EULA, at least this side of
the Atlantic!

James

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