OK, let's look at a real example. With Windows XP you had full control over this. The IT department where I worked decided to not update servers with a particular patch. They got nailed. A SQL Server worm got into the corporate network and shutdown every SQL Server instance. It took several days to recover. This was not a small company, It was huge, international company. If the company would have allowed one single patch to go through, this would have not happened.
YMMV
>Straw-man argument. I would rather be informed about and asked what I would like or not like to be installed on my computer.
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>>So, you'd rather download patches after it lets malware into your system?
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>>>I should have to free download patches or not. This's my own computer and this's my own Windows license.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer