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I hope you are all aware that David Xanatos is an anime character and not a real name!
Who is this person REALLY, what is his credentials, and why should I trust him with full access to my PC.
I have only now realized this, and got a bit worried that maybe trusting my System Updates to an anonymous swashbuckler might not be the essence of Trustworthy Computing.
Your opinion, please!
I hope you are all aware that David Xanatos is an anime character and not a real name!
Who looks just like his avatar over on MDL, Github and in real life 🙂
Who is this person REALLY, what is his credentials, and why should I trust him with full access to my PC.
IMO it’s safer than MSFT Windows Update on Windows 10/11 and more configurable than WUShowhide.diacab, which was primarily created to control MSFT driver update issues (false+ by WU) just after the twighlight days of computing descended.
I have only now realized this, and got a bit worried that maybe trusting my System Updates to an anonymous swashbuckler might not be the essence of Trustworthy Computing.
WUmgr has been working here flawlessly over the last 3-4 years, along with the excitement of security paranoia everywhere else.. 🙂
If you don’t trust it, simply use WUShowhide.diacab by MSFT and make sure it’s the SHA2 version.
Hi,
There’s a safer option : just get Windows Pro, and use the built-in group policies.
I figured that the amount paid to upgrade to Pro (for those who cannot buy the machine with Pro included) is well worth the time wasted on fiddling the updates manually (or being the Microsoft ginea pig). And that’s without the inconvenience of trusting third-parties to do the job for you. Don’t ignore the obvious option Microsoft gives you!
Martin
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