. Good read. Note the part that after a clean install he didn’t even have a chance to get his system patched before worms and messenger spam came in.
What I especially love about Windows Update is that it forces me to accept ‘critical updates’ for programs that I don’t use and didn’t want (i.e. Outlook Express) but the fact that they are installed by default means that I have no choice but to install them or Google for cryptic ways of uninstalling them.
I can’t even imagine trying to use Windows Update on a clean install over a dialup modem. It’s insane. And I have a CD with Windows XP SP1 on it, which means that I’m already saving a lot of download time.