re: Windows updates yes or no?
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 5:10 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(19220 messages posted)
Since many updates have caused a variety of problems that are worse than the problems
that they are supposed to prevent, it is best to NOT automatically do every update
that comes your way. Aside from the two major SP releases, I have done zero updates
in six years. And I waited a year before re-installing with SP2 slipstreamed into
my original XP CD. I feel that it's better to learn from the problems of others than
to have to be the first to experience them.
However keep in mind that one needs to be responsible for their own security -- why
would anyone trust Microsoft on this issue anyway, since they are so inept at it?
Use IE as little as possible, don't use OE. Keep an up to date anti-virus scanner,
and regularly scan for spyware. Never disable your firewall. And most important of
all, make separate backups of your system and data files on a regular basis.
On Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 4:59 pm, Jimmy wrote:
>Hi everybody.
>
>I would like some opinions please about windows update.
>
>I own a small real estate company with 3 desktop computers that the agents use regularly.
>They always say that I should update windows for security reasons. There is data
>on them we all want kept private like most biz.
>
>They are firewalled, we also use WPA for wireless Laptops agents use sometimes.
>
>I used to have it setup to download updates automatically. However when IE7 came
>out it downloaded it and messed up 2 of the 3 computers up..huge headache. (also
>smaller issues before IE7)
>
>So what I want to know is updating worth the headache for security reasons or is
>it just futile and not worth the trouble?
>
>Thanks
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- Windows updates yes or no? (Jimmy: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 4:59 pm)
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