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Resistance Is Futile - Microsoft Forces SP2 Update On All XP And XP SP1 Machines

April 12th is the very last day. That?s when the clock runs out, and the deadline looms.

You thought it was April 15th. Nope, it?s the twelfth. Because we?re not talking about the day your taxes are due. Oh, no. We?re talking about the day that your Windows XP or Windows XP SP1 computer will be automatically updated to XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) whether you want it to or not. Period.



You thought that you owned your computer and the contents thereon, and could do whatever you wanted with it, and could choose what would, and what wouldn't, be installed on it.

Wrong...

Read the rest of the article:
http://www.aunty-spam.com/resistance...-sp1-machines/

Ahh but what if the user has the auto update disabled?

Very true MadGamer, and if the person didn't have an internet connection and souly used his machine for things like Microsoft Office.

:-P

Yep i think you've hit the nail on the head so to speak.