This is a cracker!

[Gatt]

Found this on El Reg...

[CyberNerd]

LOL - unfortunately the Windows EULA means they aren't accountable for their failures

 

 

13. EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL

AND CERTAIN OTHER DAMAGES. TO THE

MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE

LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT OR ITS

SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,

INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER

(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES

FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR CONFIDENTIAL OR

OTHER INFORMATION, FOR BUSINESS

INTERRUPTION, FOR PERSONAL INJURY, FOR

LOSS OF PRIVACY, FOR FAILURE TO MEET

ANY DUTY INCLUDING OF GOOD FAITH OR OF

REASONABLE CARE, FOR NEGLIGENCE, AND

FOR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY OR OTHER LOSS

WHATSOEVER) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY

WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY

TO USE THE PRODUCT, THE PROVISION OF

OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OR OTHER

SERVICES, INFORMATON, SOFTWARE, AND

RELATED CONTENT THROUGH THE PRODUCT OR

OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE

PRODUCT, OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN

CONNECTION WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS

EULA, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF THE FAULT,

TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT

LIABILITY, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH

OF WARRANTY OF MICROSOFT OR ANY

SUPPLIER, AND EVEN IF MICROSOFT OR ANY

SUPPLIER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE

POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

[Gatt]

^^ Sad git - reading the EULA

[MkII]

Damn annoying that auto re-boot - have had to re-jig WSUS again

[plexer]

Not much of a consultant really if he didn't close the open windows. I hope he client sacked him.

 

Ben

[NetworkGeezer]

Not necessarily he should have had just saved on a regular basis.

The URLs could probably be fished out from IE history.

 

But there is a serious point. You wouldn't want a server to be reboot automatically at random times because a particular software update had been installed.

[Ric_]

@NetworkGeezer: Indeed, this is true and it regularly annoys me cos it interrupts my overnight backups!!! (I have the automatic restart thing turned off too - it seems MS like to override the setting occasionally!!)

[E1uSiV3]

my servers have to be rebooted in order due to cross server dependancies (mailnly my blackberry enterprise server arg) so this woud be a nightmare for me.

 

/me looks at the wsus config

[pete]

my servers have to be rebooted in order due to cross server dependancies (mailnly my blackberry enterprise server arg) so this woud be a nightmare for me.

 

/me looks at the wsus config

 

*remembers server room with recursive nfs-mounted dependencies* -- that was "interesting" if a new pfy did it in the wrong order.

[webman]

And if you were really good, you'd know the amount of time it took for each server to reach the NFS mount script, thus you could boot them with to-the-second mounting accuracy

[john]

And if you were really good, you'd know the amount of time it took for each server to reach the NFS mount script, thus you could boot them with to-the-second mounting accuracy

Hey Hey less of the sad , just because I know when my PDC and BDC can be started to assist with speedy checking of each other, if I hit it wrong it can slow things down by 10 minutes if they are having a bad day So its vital that the BDC is started exactly at the end of the "your server is configured for Windows Server 2000 / Windows Server 2003" screen and that works well.

[pete]

And if you were really good, you'd know the amount of time it took for each server to reach the NFS mount script, thus you could boot them with to-the-second mounting accuracy

 

man etherwake

[SpuffMonkey]

A mate of mine got caught with one of these autoreboots - he was working on a CD to automatically ghost a new PC he was selling - and had created the CD and left it in his drive - course - after the reboot, ghost took over and trashed his main work PC - not a happy bunny.