From: "Rich" 

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   The standard VPN client supports something called Connection Manager =
that allows other software to run.  If you installed a CM package from =
your employer it could run other software.  If you are using a plain old =
PPTP or L2TP connection then I do not believe they can run anything.

   The update that provided the new UI would likely look like any of the =
other updates.  There is nothing particularly interesting about it and =
given your setting in the screenshot you included, it is not responsible =
for automatic updates.

   If you don't have SUS/WUS installed and you don't run any program or =
scripts from your company then I can't explain why you would have had an =
update installed without you approving it.

Rich

  "Gregg N"  wrote in message =
news:Xns9546BA07EE93Cgregginvalidinvalid{at}216.144.1.254...
  "Rich"  wrote in news:411fdd75{at}w3.nls.net:

  >    The SUS20 references are the interesting ones.  My guess is that
  >    your company deployed Software Update Services or Windows Update
  >    Services
  >    (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx).=20
  >    If your machine is a domain member, your domain admins can do
  >    whatever they wish.  It's also possible that the VPN client
  >    software supplied by your company could be installing updates.=20

  This is my personal computer at home. It is not a member of a domain.=20
  It's the only member of a workgroup called WORKGROUP (installation=20
  default, I believe). I have not installed any VPN client software from =
my=20
  company, either. This is the standard Windows VPN client that I=20
  occasionally use to remote desktop to a computer at work.

  >    As for the new Automatic Updates UI, that came out a while ago.  =
I
  >    think it was shortly after blaster.  Microsoft added the option =
to
  >    install automatically as it was clear that a large number of =
users
  >    ignored the notifications that updates were available to install. =


  Is there a particular entry in the Add/Remove programs list that would =

  have included this?

  Thanks.

  Gregg
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   The
standard VPN client =
supports=20
something called Connection Manager that allows other software to =
run.  If=20
you installed a CM package from your employer it could run other =
software. =20
If you are using a plain old PPTP or L2TP connection then I do not = believe they=20
can run anything.
 
   The
update that provided =
the new UI=20
would likely look like any of the other updates.  There is
nothing=20 particularly interesting about it and given your setting in the
= screenshot you=20
included, it is not responsible for automatic updates.
 
   If you
don't have SUS/WUS =
installed=20
and you don't run any program or scripts from your company then I can't = explain=20
why you would have had an update installed without you approving=20
it.
 
Rich
 

  "Gregg N" <gregg{at}invalid.invalid>">mailto:gregg{at}invalid.invalid">gregg{at}invalid.invalid>
=
wrote in=20
  message news:Xns9=
546BA07EE93Cgregginvalidinvalid{at}216.144.1.254..."Rich"=20
  <{at}> wrote in news:411fdd75{at}w3.nls.net:&g=
t;   =20
  The SUS20 references are the interesting ones.  My guess is=20
  that>    your company
deployed Software Update =
Services=20
  or Windows Update>    =
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).=20" target="new">tp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx).=20
  >    If your machine is a
domain member, your =
domain=20
  admins can do>    whatever
they wish.  It's =
also=20
  possible that the VPN
client>    software =
supplied by=20
  your company could be installing updates. This is my personal =
computer=20
  at home. It is not a member of a domain. It's the only member of a =

  workgroup called WORKGROUP (installation default, I believe). I =
have not=20
  installed any VPN client software from my company, either. This is =
the=20
  standard Windows VPN client that I occasionally use to remote =
desktop to a=20
  computer at
work.>    As for the
new =
Automatic=20
  Updates UI, that came out a while ago.  =
I>    think=20
  it was shortly after blaster.  Microsoft added the option=20
  to>    install automatically
as it was clear =
that a=20
  large number of users>    ignored the =
notifications that=20
  updates were available to install. Is there a
particular entry =
in the=20
  Add/Remove programs list that would have included=20
 
this?Thanks.Gregg

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