"Jeffrey Carlson" <JeffreyCarlson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E5E4F83D-033C-4420-8887-C40C97C61E93@microsoft.com...
> "Michael Solomon" wrote:
> ...
>> If you go to Windows Update in Control Panel and set it download updates
>> but
>> choose whether to install them, it will ultimately, produce a list of
>> everything available for that PC and give you an option to view the
>> entire
>> list. Would that suffice?
> ...
>
> Well, let's try this then. I'm continually finding myself not thinking in
> the new VISTA-esque mindset, which is **do something for a user, unless
> they
> can do something bad, then restrict them** -- a nice departure from the
> prepubescent 95's decision to allow everything including hardware access
> until now, which probably has been consistent if we review it.
>
> But I digress. The instant case would embody a picture of a truely-trying
> OS manufacturer making an intelligent decision, which albeit late, is
> surely
> welcome.
>
> I shall try to utilize my new 'feature' in the true sense, immediately,
> and
> report back to the group on the status and whether the experiment in
> common
> sense actually pays off.
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
>
I hope it works for you, please post back and let us know.

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Michael Solomon
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