From: "Geo." 

My bank can give me access to my account, you would think MS could figure
out how to create a secure website so customers could download an iso.

Geo.

"Douglas Smith"  wrote in message
news:MPG.197205c8617efa2e9896f0{at}news.barkto.com...
> I agree MS should do this, but they aren't likely to even if large
> corporate customers request it.  Therefore, if falls upon the users to
> do what MS should be doing.   Besides, they think if you could D/L the
> updated ISO, people would be stealing it right and left.
>
>  - Doug.
>
>
> In article , georger{at}nls.net says...
> > "Douglas Smith"  wrote in message
> > news:MPG.19712e90c301c70a9896ef{at}news.barkto.com...
> >
> > > To create a bootable, slip-stream service pack, see
> > > http://www.duspinnst.com/bootcd.htm.  Don't know how you could add the
> > > barrage of patches.  Mostly, I don't at our site as it is near
> > > impossible for one person to test and rollout the plethora of patches
to
> > > 300 workstations.
> >
> > Why should millions users have to do this millions of times instead of
MS
> > doing it once each time a new patch is released?
> >
> > When I want an up to date version of Knoppix, I go to www.knoppix.com
and
> > download the latest build. I don't have to fritz around with finding
> > patches, making slipstream cd's, none of this nonsense. I download an
iso
> > file, click on it and burn a CD, presto I'm current. That is a really
nice
> > advantage over the way it works with Windows.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
> >

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