[Balding_Eagle]

Only this time, there is proof that they knew 5 weeks ago that the OS they were selling was defective. And they continued to sell the OS without informing customers of the product defect.

That is illegal.

Huh?

What law are you refering to?

The only thing I see here is an excuse to bash MS. I automatically recieved noticfication a few day ago that an important patch was already downloaded and was waiting for instruction from me to be installed, which I did.

[Dominic Harr]

What law are you refering to?

Basic consumer protection laws.

MS just spent 5 weeks selling a product with a very serious defect. They knew about the defect, and didn't inform customers.

That is illegal.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

I recieved no such notification of an update as my entire puter and XP was brand new.I found the patch/info. because of FR.

[AFreeBird]

I automatically recieved noticfication a few day ago that an important patch was already downloaded and was waiting for instruction from me to be installed,

Cool!

What happens with the stuff it DOESN'T notify you about? And is that pipe bi-directional? Just something else for the crackers to exploit; it's only a matter of time.

[Leper Messiah]

so your machine downloaded the patch with out your knowledge, and you were notified after the fact ???

Thanks, but no thanks. That does'nt sound to secure to me.