RTFA: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/1372…

“Windows Update is a service that primarily delivers updates to Windows,” said Nate Clinton, program manager in the WU group on the team’s blog Thursday. “To ensure ongoing service reliability and operation, we must also update and enhance the Windows Update service itself, including its client-side software.”

Microsoft was moved to respond after the popular “Windows Secrets” newsletter looked into complaints that WU had modified numerous files in both XP and Vista, even though users had set the operating system to not install updates without their permission. In many cases, users who dug into Windows’ event logs found that the updates had been done in the middle of the night.

Whatever – shady is shady.

RTFA: http://www.infoworld.com/archives/t.jsp?N=s&V=9165…

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