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  • Bottom line for home users: make sure your Windows auto-update program is enabled and install the latest patches - and cross your fingers that cyber criminals don't try to exploit the Vista flaw before Microsoft can come up with a patch.

    New security flaws unmasked in Vista, Windows 7 2009

  • The latter has a slight edge in my book for its greater performance on older systems and a simpler auto-update system that also patches the crucial Flash and PDF plug-ins automatically.

    Microsoft is tired of Internet Explorer 6, too 2011

  • In October, he thought he could just disable the program's licensing and auto-update features, as well as support for some older scanners.

    Apple developers cautiously eye Mac App Store Rob Pegoraro 2011

  • Itunes eats up so much of my computer memory and trys to auto-update and runs on startup.

    Lifehacker Pack 2009: Essential Free Windows Downloads | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • In the auto-update prompt, choose the 'Update without Backup' option; after you upgrade, your account will already be in the new version.

    AdWords Editor 7.5.1 for Windows and Mac 2009

  • Dig through cocktail party dinner jackets for old business cards, and use SHAPE Services 'Business Card Reader to scan and auto-update jpegs of your contacts into new directory entries.

    Job Hunting: There Are Apps For That 2010

  • Dig through cocktail party dinner jackets for old business cards, and use SHAPE Services 'Business Card Reader to scan and auto-update jpegs of your contacts into new directory entries.

    Job Hunting: There Are Apps For That 2010

  • Dig through cocktail party dinner jackets for old business cards, and use SHAPE Services 'Business Card Reader to scan and auto-update jpegs of your contacts into new directory entries.

    Job Hunting: There Are Apps For That 2010

  • Hit the auto-update button for the latest posts, click here for live scores, watch video highlights and see how England are doing against Pakistan

    County cricket - as it happened! 2010

  • The Adobe Reader PDF viewer is little better -- its auto-update routine in Windows is so annoying that I've come to regard OS X's inclusion of Apple's own PDF software as a non-trivial selling point.

    Adobe has a hard sell for its Flash software 2010

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