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to: Robert Comer
from: Dave
date: 2004-08-18 12:32:46
subject: Re: Was my system modified without warning?

From: Dave 

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:04:29 -0400, "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
:

| Okay, *now* it's solved.
|
| 1: Autoupdate has to be enabled to get the new security dialog. |
| 2: Autoupdate runs and installs a stealth patch that updates the above. |
There is no notification to the user other than an event log entry.  (it |
doesn't show up in the updates installation history! So it's not the update
| you suggest.)

My old Thinkpad is set up to prompt before downloading auto-updates, and
prompt again before installing them.  I saw no prompts.  I got the new
Security dialog after installing the cumulative IE6 patch.

I did nothing else to that system in the time that it was booted up last
night.  I pulled it out of the case, plugged it into the network, and
booted it up specifically to check for this feature.  It had the old dialog
box.  Then I went to WU, and only one update was listed, the one I cited. 
I installed it, which required a reboot.  Upon rebooting, the new dialog
was there.  At no time did I see the little globe auto-update thingy in the
taskbar.

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