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Windows 2000 SP-3 & XP SP-1 Installers Beware

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Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 contain a new condition, which asks you to allow Windows to go and install future updates. This is basically a Microsoft back door. [Source The Register]

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1 Comment

  1. Ben

    Ahh, but it is loaded as a service; which can be stopped. (I have.) And yes, once stopped, you can manually update with windowsupdate.com.

    IOW, don’t panic. :)

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