Is this a good idea to do, until WE 6 or JFW 8 comes out? 


Claude Everett 
everyone has a disability, it's just that some, are more aware of it than
others.
American by chance, Californian by choice
"We do not need pity, nor do we need to be reminded that we are vulnerable.
We must
be treated as equals, -- and communication is the way we can bring this
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Quick News: How To Stop The Automatic Update of IE7, Patch Tuesday and Happy
Shiny Anti Virus Companies

By Ranger1138


* As you might already know IE7 is soon to be on it's way to you via the
Windows Update feature. Currently very few Assistive Technology products
support the new version of the popular browser. And in some cases you will
have to obtain an paid upgrade for better support or compatibility to IE7.
The danger of course is that you or your company may have Automatic Updates
set on your computer or network. Which could be bad when you come into work
and boot up to a whole new browser. Ars Technica has an article on a tool
kit released way back in July that will prevent you from doing this little
surprise. The Microsoft kit doesn't stop or prevent you from downloading IE7
manually though. so you can still use the browser once you are up to snuff
with your AT product of choice. Find the article at the link below.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006...

Of course you can also go into Control Panel, Automatic Updates and set them
to "Notify me but do not download updates". It's a bit easier but you will
have to be on the look out for IE7 in the Critical Updates next time
Microsoft issues a patch. For that you must strike IE7 from the list of
available downloads in Windows or Microsoft update. 

* Windows Updates: Speaking of Automatic Updates at Microsoft.. You may have
noticed that Patch Tuesday was kind of more like Patch Someday. There
appears to have been some network problems at MS which prevented the
automatic distribution of patches. It's all better now and you may either
manually download or auto update yor copies of Office and Windows XP. The 10
patches are all under 1.5 MB and you will need to restart your system after
running these updates. ZDNet has more on a patch that was supposed to come
but didn't by the way. 

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6124868.html

* Anti Virus Nay Saying: A ton of press has been all over the net from the
leading Anti Virus makers on how Microsoft is hurting them and ignoring real
threats in security. For a very long time I have been a bit of a conspiricy
nut on this subject. Part of me, the I used to work in high pressure sales
part, says that these companies create the problems that they then magically
fix thereby holding you at the throat to continue to the never ending
subscription model that makes up the very core of their business model.
Another part of me can't stand the bloatware that comes from things like
System Works. But many on the web who are far more technical than I have
come right out and accused these companies of being wrekless in their
arguments to exist. ZDNet once again today has another article on this
subject and it's a good read to see how the bucket doesn't always hold all
the water it says it does on the side of the retail box. 

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=343

posted by Ranger1138 at Wednesday, October 11, 2006


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