Thursday, October 25th 2007
Microsoft Patch Slows Computers to a Crawl
Microsoft's automatic updates system has once again found itself in the limelight following an issue with Windows Desktop Search 3.01 which has slowed thousands of computers and is causing havoc for IT technicians around the world. Despite client computers being configured only to update currently installed software, numerous blogs have reported that the Desktop Search software is installing itself and then hogging resources by loading an indexer, resulting in client computers slowing to a crawl and file servers struggling with the increased load. A Microsoft spokeswoman says the company is looking into reports, but IT administrators won't be too impressed with Windows Update at the moment as this comes just weeks after news that the update services secretly downloads and installs updates even on computers with automatic update disabled.
Source:
The Register
30 Comments on Microsoft Patch Slows Computers to a Crawl
. . . I just woke up one morning, and there it was . . .
Seriously though this is an update to an obscure program that noone really uses anyway and the article title makes it look like Microsoft "yet again" has screwed up everyones computers. Gawd I hate seeing these sort of things......
Title should be "Microsoft patch to Windows Search Slow Computers to a Crawl"
But I run ot of space now so Yesterday a bought a 340GB Samsung SATAII :D
(You know, only human....) We are week! Laught:)
The Mickeysoft thing