Microsoft on Tuesday slammed the door on updating third-party software via Windows Update in the upcoming Windows 8.
One security expert said the company was missing a big opportunity to improve the overall security of Windows PCs.
The new operating system will not update non-Microsoft software, said Farzana Rahman, the group program manager for Windows Update, in a blog post .
"The wide variety of delivery mechanisms, installation tools, and overall approaches to updates across the full breadth of applications makes it impossible to push all updates through [the Windows Update] mechanism," said Rahman said. "As frustrating as this might be, it is also an important part of the ecosystem that we cannot just revisit for the installed base of software."
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One security expert said the company was missing a big opportunity to improve the overall security of Windows PCs.
The new operating system will not update non-Microsoft software, said Farzana Rahman, the group program manager for Windows Update, in a blog post .
"The wide variety of delivery mechanisms, installation tools, and overall approaches to updates across the full breadth of applications makes it impossible to push all updates through [the Windows Update] mechanism," said Rahman said. "As frustrating as this might be, it is also an important part of the ecosystem that we cannot just revisit for the installed base of software."
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