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    Sysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself after labeling error

    (www.theregister.com)
    45 points robaato | 11 comments | 06 Nov 24 23:02 UTC | HN request time: 1.772s | source | bottom
    1. Animats ◴[06 Nov 24 23:53 UTC] No.42071463[source]▶
    "or paying for the required license?"

    Where was the acceptance of a contract requiring that? Microsoft just gave people a free upgrade.

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    2. ahoka ◴[07 Nov 24 00:03 UTC] No.42071554[source]▶
    “installs itself” = a 3rd party patch management product installed the update
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    3. gnabgib ◴[07 Nov 24 00:06 UTC] No.42071594[source]▶
    Discussion (75 points, 18 hours ago, 26 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42057451
    4. troseph ◴[07 Nov 24 00:22 UTC] No.42071721[source]▶
    David Attenborough voiced "Sysadmins are cautious by nature" in my head.
    5. heraldgeezer ◴[07 Nov 24 00:49 UTC] No.42071963[source]▶
    Or if you auto approve security updates. As is common. Azure VMs even default to auto-update pulls from MS.

    https://imgur.com/a/RvEx3yn

    6. Brian_K_White ◴[07 Nov 24 00:55 UTC] No.42072024[source]▶
    A 3rd party tool did what MS told it to do.
    7. PittleyDunkin ◴[07 Nov 24 02:15 UTC] No.42072582[source]▶
    I imagine the definition of "upgrade" depends on the needs of the customer. The merchant of the license is inherently unable to evaluate this. Installing software without explicit consent, especially not-functionally-equivalent-software, is inherently wrong.
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    8. mattsimpson ◴[07 Nov 24 02:33 UTC] No.42072721[source]▶
    We got an urgent notice today from our central IT group warning of this catastrophic screw up of epic proportions, and I could hardly believe it.

    This is way worse than the Crowdstrike debacle.

    9. causality0 ◴[07 Nov 24 02:46 UTC] No.42072809{3}[source]▶
    It's amazing to me that we're all so chill about a company in Redmond having root access to our PCs because they pinky-swear they will never misuse it.
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    10. ranger_danger ◴[07 Nov 24 02:48 UTC] No.42072826{4}[source]▶
    And yet when you call it what it is (a backdoor) people get highly offended. Same thing with ubuntu snaps or really anything that updates automatically.