You know that automatic update feature of XP? What if it were rerouted by a firewall to a proxy? A sys admin could then review all updates as well as add his own... It would also be a neat way to schedule and deploy virus checks as well as other automated admin tasks.
Undoubtedly XP must use digital signatures for the mechanics but there is always a way. Maybe alternatively it's time to create a windows update application not controlled by Microsoft.
P.S. For all the criminals and terrorists (i.e. anyone Bush or his friends don't like) Microsoft is in their back pocket. I'd be willing to bet money (if it were possible to verify) that Microsoft facilitates the installation of spyware through windows update on a targeted basis; bugging a specific computer much the same as bugging a specific phone line. Forget not that bush declared truce in the MS antitrust case after the battle had already been won.
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