full-disclosure - Re: MS are doing Windows Updates for XP to IE7

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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:24:42 -0500
From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@...ech.edu>
To: Charles Hamby <fixer@....net>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: MS are doing Windows Updates for XP to IE7

Most likely, to minimize confusion for those who want to deny it.

Matthew Flaschen

Charles Hamby wrote:
> It seems to me that all you need to do is set Automatic Updates to tell you when new patches are ready and then tell it
> to ignore IE7 if you don't want it.
> 
> I'm more puzzled as to why they're doing this "out of cycle" instead of on "Patch Tuesday" (or "Black Tuesday", your choice).

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