From: "Gregg N" 

"Geo"  wrote in message
news:42f92ea1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Just gotta ask, what is it about WU that makes it worth it to MS to have
> folks download the same patches over and over again for each machine
> instead
> of just downloading one exe and applying it to all your machines like you
> do
> with a service pack? The amount of work to make a combined patch has to be
> less expensive than the bandwidth for 600 million machines to download
> individually, no?

WU makes updating the computers of millions of novice home computer users
relatively automatic. Without it, they would be much less likely to install
the updates.

Gregg

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