Comments on: MSI Live Update disables User Account Control http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/hall-of-shame/msi-live-update-disables-user-account-control/ on application delivery with application virtualization, server-based computing, desktop virtualization and more Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karim http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/hall-of-shame/msi-live-update-disables-user-account-control/comment-page-1/#comment-14717 Karim Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:17:45 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=1087#comment-14717 Yeah I made the mistake of installing this "MSI Live Update 3" thing -- the developers should be prosecuted in The Hague for "Crimes Against Software." After installing, it threw random error dialogs ("Invalid handle"), disabled UAC, displayed UGLY flashing banner ads in the dialogs, appeared to use SENDKEYS (...the hell?) to launch IE and pop up an ad in a tiny browser window telling me about their latest motherboard, eventually told me yeah there was a BIOS upgrade but the option to install it from Windows was greyed out so it told me I would need to make a boot floppy and copy the BIOS to that. Well, that was all I wanted to do in the first place! Except the MSI web page said, "MSI Reminds you: Please use MSI Live BIOS tool to upgrade BIOS of this product. " They can't even get the name of the product right; it's not "Live BIOS tool." UAC didn't need to be disabled on my system because the BIOS update didn't take place in Windows. Nor was there any sort of "Hey, would you like us to turn UAC back *on*?" prompt after the update was done. Where is the "Unfuck My PC" button? :-) I second the above suggestion: when asked to choose between "Live Update 3" and "Live Update Online," choose THE LATTER. Yeah I made the mistake of installing this “MSI Live Update 3″ thing — the developers should be prosecuted in The Hague for “Crimes Against Software.” After installing, it threw random error dialogs (“Invalid handle”), disabled UAC, displayed UGLY flashing banner ads in the dialogs, appeared to use SENDKEYS (…the hell?) to launch IE and pop up an ad in a tiny browser window telling me about their latest motherboard, eventually told me yeah there was a BIOS upgrade but the option to install it from Windows was greyed out so it told me I would need to make a boot floppy and copy the BIOS to that. Well, that was all I wanted to do in the first place! Except the MSI web page said, “MSI Reminds you: Please use MSI Live BIOS tool to upgrade BIOS of this product. ”

They can’t even get the name of the product right; it’s not “Live BIOS tool.”

UAC didn’t need to be disabled on my system because the BIOS update didn’t take place in Windows. Nor was there any sort of “Hey, would you like us to turn UAC back *on*?” prompt after the update was done. Where is the “Unfuck My PC” button? :-)

I second the above suggestion: when asked to choose between “Live Update 3″ and “Live Update Online,” choose THE LATTER.

]]> By: Celly http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/hall-of-shame/msi-live-update-disables-user-account-control/comment-page-1/#comment-14685 Celly Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:06:54 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=1087#comment-14685 It's a good thing it's disabling UAC. UAC is nothing more than a nuisance to people who are not complete idiots when it comes to computers. And if you're updating your BIOS, oh boy, you bet your butt you don't want UAC to mess up the BIOS update and destroy your motherboard. I admit they could at least give a warning, but UAC should REALLY be turned off when updating BIOS. It’s a good thing it’s disabling UAC. UAC is nothing more than a nuisance to people who are not complete idiots when it comes to computers. And if you’re updating your BIOS, oh boy, you bet your butt you don’t want UAC to mess up the BIOS update and destroy your motherboard. I admit they could at least give a warning, but UAC should REALLY be turned off when updating BIOS.

]]> By: More proof that OEMs are the weak spot in the Windows ecosystem | Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/hall-of-shame/msi-live-update-disables-user-account-control/comment-page-1/#comment-14503 More proof that OEMs are the weak spot in the Windows ecosystem | Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | Mon, 11 May 2009 23:29:53 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=1087#comment-14503 [...] Parker passes along this odd tale of an OEM that apparently needs to be whacked with a cluestick. His MSI Wind (a nice little [...] [...] Parker passes along this odd tale of an OEM that apparently needs to be whacked with a cluestick. His MSI Wind (a nice little [...]

]]> By: asf http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/hall-of-shame/msi-live-update-disables-user-account-control/comment-page-1/#comment-14502 asf Mon, 11 May 2009 23:21:15 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=1087#comment-14502 Hardware people always create shitty horrible software sadly (200mb printer drivers, bloated .NET config apps etc) Hardware people always create shitty horrible software sadly (200mb printer drivers, bloated .NET config apps etc)

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