Re: Some good news !

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
Arne Vajhøj wrote:
Bill Gunshannon wrote:
In article <003d5299$0$30966$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Steven Underwood wrote:
I also drive a 9 year old car that is out of warranty, but it keeps running as well.
The car manufacturers still issue prodyct recalls/fixes when flaws that
endanger lives are encountered and this applies to all owners of the
model/year for which this fix is required, warrantee or not.

In the context of XP, this means that Microsoft will NOT issue mandatory
patches if a major flaw is encountered.

So, say a virus finds another flaw in XP and threathens to infect 50
billion computers still running XP. Will Microsoft really be able to NOT
issue a patch for it ?

Considering how few people actually keep theie MS Software up to date,
would anyone even notice the difference?

A lot of people keep the XP uptodate.

Windows automatic updates !

Arne

The problem with automatic updates is that your computer will reboot at unpredictable times. Now if Microsoft could update without the reboots. . . .

I've never had my XP laptop reboot unpredictable becuse of an MS update.
They are usualy applied when I shutdown my laptop.

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