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    Windows update

    Laptop tells me there are 16 updates to download and install.

    So I thinks, okay, no big deal.

    30 minutes later it's still installing one update (VS 2008 SP1 security update).

    FFS!


    #2
    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Laptop tells me there are 16 updates to download and install.

    So I thinks, okay, no big deal.

    30 minutes later it's still installing one update (VS 2008 SP1 security update).

    FFS!

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      Laptop tells me there are 16 updates to download and install.

      So I thinks, okay, no big deal.

      30 minutes later it's still installing one update (VS 2008 SP1 security update).

      FFS!

      Just how unsecure was it!!
      Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.

      I preferred version 1!

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        #4
        Originally posted by TonyEnglish View Post
        Just how unsecure was it!!
        Don't know, but I do like the feature where the mouse moves itself and the homepage of the web browser is an advert for Viagra.

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          Don't know, but I do like the feature where the mouse moves itself and the homepage of the web browser is an advert for Viagra.
          why don't your order some while you are waiting

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            #6
            Service pack 1 for VS 2008 is huge, took me longer to install that then the original VS 2008 installation
            Coffee's for closers

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              #7
              Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
              Service pack 1 for VS 2008 is huge, took me longer to install that then the original VS 2008 installation
              I remember installing VS2005 SP1 at previous client co. I twiddled my thumbs for an hour whilst waiting for it, but then started feeling too guilty about charging the client for the time and cancelled. I started it off again at the end of the day and went home. I guess it's some clever patching system to save on download size.

              My XP machine had 21 updates yesterday, including a VS2005 security update.
              Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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                #8
                Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                Laptop tells me there are 16 updates to download and install.

                So I thinks, okay, no big deal.

                30 minutes later it's still installing one update (VS 2008 SP1 security update).

                FFS!

                Since I dumped my Windows machine for a Mac, I have been free of all that stuff

                Until I then had to install MS Office so that I could be sure that pimps could read what I wrote in my CV (those who can read, anyway), since then I have been back in the land of regular 25Mb "critical" updates

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                  Service pack 1 for VS 2008 is huge, took me longer to install that then the original VS 2008 installation
                  It was a security update for service pack 1 for vs 2008.

                  Service packs on service packs.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by expat View Post
                    Since I dumped my Windows machine for a Mac, I have been free of all that stuff

                    Until I then had to install MS Office so that I could be sure that pimps could read what I wrote in my CV (those who can read, anyway), since then I have been back in the land of regular 25Mb "critical" updates
                    If Mac's were mainstream development and gaming boxes, I'm sure you would be!

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