re: Software Distribution Service 3.0
Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 7:15 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Don Stevenson
(1 messages posted)
I have the same problem,If this thing is from Microsoft could it be it is designed
to pee people off with Xp to make them want to get Vista,or is thing happening with
Vista too?
On Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 12:00 pm, Nayatwa wrote:
>Thanks, Steve for your suggestion. I checked, and turned off automatic updating,
>selecting the option "Notify me, but don't automatically download or install them."
>I thought my problem would be solved, but a few days later I had to reboot my computer.
>During the reboot process, my computer was "kidnapped," and a number of updates
were
>automatically performed (without my having been given an opportunity to decide whether
>or not to install them. After that my double-click was again broken!
>
>I check the System Restore utility, and Microsoft had AGAIN surreptitiously downloaded
>the dreaded "Software Distribution Service 3.0" (on December 24).
>
>Am I relegated to a lifetime of trying to restore my system every time Microsoft
>downloads junk to break my machine?
>
>What is this thing anyway? If any other company repeatedly did something like that
>to my machine, it would be classified as a virus or trojan horse or something much
>more malevolant than an "upgrade."
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