From: "Gary Britt" 

Good Points.  What would you do put microsoft.com on the blacklist for his router?

Gary

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:5d8452tgpjq0p6m5rn1ps709h2gq94d3d4{at}4ax.com...
>
> Unplugging the network connection may not be the answer.  He may be
> using network drives for his process.  What he should do is block
> Microsoft at his network's perimeter.  There's no reason to allow
> Microsoft to have such unfettered access within the security perimietr
> of any network.  It is obvious that Microsoft surely has not earned that
> level of trust.
>
> /m
>
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:43:33 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:
>
>>I agree with all of that, but if this guy is going to re-run this huge
>>calculation, then he should be prudent and unplug the network connection,
>>make sure he as a great UPS that will keep the thing going from the time
>>he
>>leaves work till the time he gets back the next day, maybe use a macro
>>program like "macro express" to periodically save the
work as it goes
>>along.
>>
>>Prudence is good, because Murphy's law will always kick in on something
>>like
>>this.
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>"Geo"  wrote in message
news:44509a21$1{at}w3....
>>>A power failure is an accident, a reboot after an auto update is not an
>>> accident. A reboot after an unannounced off schedule auto update that
>>> brings
>>> more copy protection to your machine is not an accident and not even
>>> required and certainly could have waited for the normal update cycle.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:44503a96{at}w3....
>>>> Well the lesson from that one is unplug the network connection on a
>>> computer
>>>> that needs to calculate a single project for 2 weeks
without saving its
>>> work
>>>> at intermediary points.  Was this computer on a solid UPS?
 Of course
>>>> I'm
>>>> not saying its alright for MS to reboot somebody's computer without
>>>> their
>>>> explicit permission, just saying count on stuff like that
going wrong
>>> during
>>>> any kind of long unsaved process.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

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