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Microsoft has adopted a standardized naming schema for all hotfix packages (patches or updates) for Windows that are created and distributed by Microsoft. The new naming schema goes in effect in April 2003 for all update packages.

A Windows hotfix is an executable (.exe) file that contains one or more system files that you can apply to Windows to correct a specific problem. Hotfixes are distributed by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) to customers whose computers are severely affected by a specific problem. Critical and recommended updates are hotfixes that Microsoft recommends for all customers. Critical or recommended updates can be obtained from the Windows Update site, the Microsoft Download Center, or from other Microsoft Web sites.

The reasons Microsoft have given for doing so are :

• It creates consistency across Microsoft hotfix packages.
  
• It makes it easier to search for hotfix packages and Knowledge Base articles.
  
• It clearly identifies the language of a hotfix package and the intended operating system, when applicable.

View: 816915: New naming scheme for Microsoft Windows Hotfix packages
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AntiCap Uk’s Objectives:

· To provide a voice for users concerned at the imposition of residential broadband service usage limits.
· To argue the case for the provision of unlimited residential broadband services by UK ISPs.
· To advocate that where limitations can not be removed, they be fair and sensible and relate to demonstrable costs in the provision of service.
· To advocate full disclosure of such limits to existing and prospective customers.
· To encourage ntl:home (and any other offending ISP) to remove their cap and provide the unlimited service that customers signed up for.

ntl:Home 60 day download monitoring period

On 7th February 2003 ntl:Home imposed the 1GB a day download limit cap in an amended
Acceptable User Policy published on the ntlworld.com website. This restriction has not been formally communicated to customers in any other way other than the small link on the ntl website.

In subsequent guidance , ntl have indicated they will monitor usage over a 60 day period before contacting "offending" customers. This monitoring period expires imminently.

AntiCap’s formal launch is timed to meet the challenge of any cap enforcement action that might be imposed by ntl:home.