Don't get out much, do you?
In large IT environments, where patches are normally tested on model office machines before being rolled out, this kind of auto-auto update can create havoc. Especially if it's also happening on servers. ROFL! Take that little bit of inconvenience you describe and multiply it by a thousand. That's a pretty big hit on productivity. Now figure half the users can barely figure out where the power switch is, let alone how to roll back an update, and you have an IT department nightmare.
Microsoft is losing it. Either that or there's something going on with these updates we won't find out about until later. Maybe when Microsoft gets in line with AT&T asking for indemnity for cooperating with government efforts to spy on Americans.
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