By
Microsoft is considering a release of security updates on CD for users of its older operating systems who lack broadband connections to the Internet, according to an e-mail sent to prospective beta testers on Tuesday.
The e-mail invites beta testers who are using Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium to join a test of a CD that will include aa pertinent critical security patches found on the WindowsUpdate Web site.
""This security update CD will be of special benefit to customers with slow Internet connections and for those customers who typically do not visit the Microsoft Web site to download updates for their computers,"" the e-mail read.
Microsoft did not disclose a possible release date for the security update CD, but beta user applications will be accepted only until December 5.
The Redmond, Wash.-based developer has been criticized by some analysts for relying exclusively on the Web-based WindowsUpdate service, which users with slow dial-up connections often ignore because of the large file sizes of security fixes.
BreakthroughIT seeking Project Manager in Groton, CT
Monsanto seeing IT Transportation and Optimization Analyst in St. Louis, MO
Princeton Financial Systems seeking Business Analyst 4 in Princeton, NJ
CSAA seeking IT Analyst IV in Glendale, AZ
DisplaySearch seeking IT Project Manager in Austin, TX
For more great jobs, career-related news, features and services, please visit our ""Career Center.
TechWeb's FREE e-mail newsletters deliver the news you need to come out on top.
Get definitions for more than 20,000 IT terms.
Editorial and vendor perspectives
Safari Online Books closes gap between innovation and publication.
Come up to speed on KVM-over-IP solutions: Download the free buyers guide