Score one for my pet theory...
As (poorly) set out in a previous posting to the Reg forums, I have a theory that if something benefits the vendor, then it'll be made as easy as possible. If it benefits the user, however, the vendor will go out of their way to make it difficult.
El Reg might think that adding registry keys is neither "impossible nor particularly scary" but it's not exactly, um, something that the average user would care to do, is it?
Why not a simple checkbox in Windows Update that says "No thanks, I'm not interested, don't bother me again until I actively seek out the upgrade at my own convenience" (or words to that effect)? Leave a damn icon for it on the desktop, if you really insist.
Does anyone else feel that this is Microsoft's equivalent of "In the cellar, on display at the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'"?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
