I am willing to bet that very soon, you will need to avoid needed updates using these methods- all ethical questions aside. While the OS is so new, we don't need security patches quite yet, but there is a 100% we will soon.
I find it amusing that people want to stick it to M$ yet simply can't wait to try out their latest OS. Thanks for making it more expensive to those of us that build machines and want the legit sh*t. Now go shut 'em down M$.
No because with a good Firewall, AV software, and browser you don't need to run updates more then once a year. God knows I don't on my desktop. And the solution for this is simple. Download the patch from ms's www.miscrosoft.com/security website from a "good" version of Windows, copy the patch over to your "bad" version of Windows, and install the OMG! We are all going to die if we don't install it today! Patch. MS is never going to remove the ability to manually download the patch from their site. The day they do is the day MS loses the enterprise market.
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I am willing to bet that very soon, you will need to avoid needed updates using these methods- all ethical questions aside. While the OS is so new, we don't need security patches quite yet, but there is a 100% we will soon.
I find it amusing that people want to stick it to M$ yet simply can't wait to try out their latest OS. Thanks for making it more expensive to those of us that build machines and want the legit sh*t. Now go shut 'em down M$.
Whats this about 6 major new flaws?
I don't know of anyone that "wants" to stick with microsoft. That's the point of a monopoly.
No because with a good Firewall, AV software, and browser you don't need to run updates more then once a year. God knows I don't on my desktop. And the solution for this is simple. Download the patch from ms's www.miscrosoft.com/security website from a "good" version of Windows, copy the patch over to your "bad" version of Windows, and install the OMG! We are all going to die if we don't install it today! Patch.
MS is never going to remove the ability to manually download the patch from their site. The day they do is the day MS loses the enterprise market.