From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Ouch !!!! - one way to get users off of XP

"This is clearly a very serious worldwide issue," said Alan
O'Riordan. "I will advise the disabling of the Automatic Updates until
a clear resolution is found."


"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:d73c431n55rf7equ0gf1iieptbl0f2amfp{at}4ax.com...
> On Sat, 12 May 2007 13:54:52 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>  wrote:
>
>>The problem appears that Vista has included device drivers in the
>>automated
>>update scenario. Those drivers have normally been in the Hardware
>>(optional) part of Windows update. Some ( myself included ) have been
>>badly
>>burned by the hardware optional upgrade and won't do that unless all else
>>fails
>
>   I once thought I was being smart by upgrading some device driver.  It
> didn't crash and burn the whole computer, but that cured me from ever
> doing
> optional updates again.   If that is the case in Vista, I predict that it
> will eventually become a major issue - you're on a business trip, the
> computer updates, crashes and burns.   Sure, there will be some level of
> rollback rocovery, but it may require some level of skill.   And what if,
> as in the example above, it re-insists on a downgrade during a powerpoint
> presentation.   I saw a variation on that this week - every few minutes
> the
> presenter would have to break her train of thought and dive for the "Apply
> updates later" button to prevent a reboot after automatic updates.
>
>   On a semi-related note, I'm very glad I don't have automatic updates
> enabled anywhere....
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/11/ms-updates-lockup-fix-not-working_1
.html

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