Dear Microsoft

Never Underestimate the Power of Human Stupidity

At the moment I'm not sure the authors of Windows Update are competent enough to expose their work.

MS02-018 is the IIS cumulative patch. It supersedes all previous patches for IIS. MS02-012 patches a problem in the SMTP service, an option bundled with IIS. Windows Update wants to apply the patch for MS02-012, even though MS02-018 was already applied.

And the funny part? The SMTP service is not installed.

6:12:40 PM # Google It!
categories: Dear Microsoft, Security, System Administration

Windows Update (erratum)

It has been suspected that Windows Update and other means of updating the operating system have included featurettes that somewhat, ah, improve performance as the release date of another version nears. Documents revealed in Department of Justice v. Microsoft showed that this suspicion has some basis in fact.

To alleviate suspicion, hold your hands out, palms up, open: "I have nothing to hide."

3:39:49 PM # Google It!
categories: Dear Microsoft, Industry