New dictionary words are a "Critical Update"?

There's something wrong with this picture. KB955020 is a "Critical Update"
to add these words to the Windows dictionary.

• Friendster
• Klum
• Nazr
• Obama
• Racicot

How is adding new words to the dictionary a critical update? Microsoft puts
all the development, packaging, desting, and deployment efforts of a Windows
Update for something the user could add by simply choosing Add from the
spellcheck menu? Is there more to this update than meets the eye?

> Is there more to this update than meets the eye?

Dunno but it is not a "critical" update.


Dale wrote:
> There's something wrong with this picture. KB955020 is a "Critical
> Update"
> to add these words to the Windows dictionary.
>
> • Friendster
> • Klum
> • Nazr
> • Obama
> • Racicot
>
> How is adding new words to the dictionary a critical update? Microsoft
> puts
> all the development, packaging, desting, and deployment efforts of a
> Windows
> Update for something the user could add by simply choosing Add from the
> spellcheck menu? Is there more to this update than meets the eye?

Here's a screenshot from WSUS:

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...icalUpdate.png

I agree that it shouldn't be a critical update; that's why I am trying to
investigate further before approving. Microsoft is not automatically on my
trusted sources list.

You don't happen to know if there is an equivelent to SysDiff that will work
with Vista? I'd like to see for sure what this update does on a Vista VPC
before deploying it.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> > Is there more to this update than meets the eye?
>
> Dunno but it is not a "critical" update.
>
>
> Dale wrote:
> > There's something wrong with this picture. KB955020 is a "Critical
> > Update"
> > to add these words to the Windows dictionary.
> >
> > • Friendster
> > • Klum
> > • Nazr
> > • Obama
> > • Racicot
> >
> > How is adding new words to the dictionary a critical update? Microsoft
> > puts
> > all the development, packaging, desting, and deployment efforts of a
> > Windows
> > Update for something the user could add by simply choosing Add from the
> > spellcheck menu? Is there more to this update than meets the eye?
>
>

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Dale wrote:
> Here's a screenshot from WSUS:
>
> http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...icalUpdate.png
>
> I agree that it shouldn't be a critical update; that's why I am trying to
> investigate further before approving. Microsoft is not automatically on
> my
> trusted sources list.
>
> You don't happen to know if there is an equivelent to SysDiff that will
> work
> with Vista? I'd like to see for sure what this update does on a Vista VPC
> before deploying it.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>>> Is there more to this update than meets the eye?
>>
>> Dunno but it is not a "critical" update.
>>
>>
>> Dale wrote:
>>> There's something wrong with this picture. KB955020 is a "Critical
>>> Update"
>>> to add these words to the Windows dictionary.
>>>
>>> • Friendster
>>> • Klum
>>> • Nazr
>>> • Obama
>>> • Racicot
>>>
>>> How is adding new words to the dictionary a critical update? Microsoft
>>> puts
>>> all the development, packaging, desting, and deployment efforts of a
>>> Windows
>>> Update for something the user could add by simply choosing Add from the
>>> spellcheck menu? Is there more to this update than meets the eye?

Dale wrote:

>There's something wrong with this picture. KB955020 is a "Critical Update"
>to add these words to the Windows dictionary.
>
>• Friendster
>• Klum
>• Nazr
>• Obama
>• Racicot
>
>How is adding new words to the dictionary a critical update? Microsoft puts
>all the development, packaging, desting, and deployment efforts of a Windows
>Update for something the user could add by simply choosing Add from the
>spellcheck menu? Is there more to this update than meets the eye?
>
>
>
>
Yes. Look at what the Word spell checker offered as suggestions:
http://news.office-watch.com/t/n.asp...=653&zoneid=12

Still not critical in my opinion, but the lawyers might have thought so.

Steve Kass
Drew University
http://www.stevekass.com

Thanks, Steve.

Now it makes sense why they would call this critical. Sort of like the font
they replaced a few years ago because of "inappropriate symbols". Microsoft
should have just owned up on this one like they did on that font issue and
said that not having those words in the dictionary was resulting in
inappropriate suggestions.

That's one of several reasons that I don't just automatically trust
Microsoft updates, downloads, or third-party suggestions; they're just not
always up front when they screw up.

Well, with the info that you provided, now I can go ahead with this update.

Thanks again,

Dale

"Steve Kass" wrote:

>
>
> Dale wrote:
>
> >There's something wrong with this picture. KB955020 is a "Critical Update"
> >to add these words to the Windows dictionary.
> >
> >• Friendster
> >• Klum
> >• Nazr
> >• Obama
> >• Racicot
> >
> >How is adding new words to the dictionary a critical update? Microsoft puts
> >all the development, packaging, desting, and deployment efforts of a Windows
> >Update for something the user could add by simply choosing Add from the
> >spellcheck menu? Is there more to this update than meets the eye?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Yes. Look at what the Word spell checker offered as suggestions:
> http://news.office-watch.com/t/n.asp...=653&zoneid=12
>
> Still not critical in my opinion, but the lawyers might have thought so.
>
> Steve Kass
> Drew University
> http://www.stevekass.com
>