Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
So to avoid a false sense of security the update client
will automatically check for and install available infrastructure
updates, irrespective of configuration, whenever that system uses the
update service.
"Occasionally, we must update the infrastructure
of Windows Update in order to ensure a high level of service quality,
reliability, and operation" Haven explains, continuing "As part of this
process, we update both the back-end infrastructure that supports the
service as well as the client side code." Windows Update has been doing
this same thing for many years, happening maybe once per year, and it
was just such an update which caused the aforementioned media feeding
frenzy.
You can opt out, but you will have to explicitly disable the update
service to ensure this. Which means choosing either the 'never check
for updates' or 'turn off automatic updates' option depending on
whether you have Vista or XP.
"This particular update won’t really change the way the client looks or
feels to you" Haven admits, but it will bring improvements to how long
it takes Windows Update to scan your PC or server for updates which, in
turn, will reduce the time it takes for signature updates to be
received. "We’ve seen some instances of the scan times on some machines
decreasing almost 20 percent" Haven insists.
David Bass
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