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Remember to update windows....
IceDigger - Jun 9, 2004
  IceDigger Jun 9, 2004
I come across alot of clients who NEVER update windows either because they don't know how to or never knew about it.

Just a freindly reminder to update your windows machine. Usually a few updates come out each month. :cheers

 schi0249 Jun 9, 2004
And if you upgrade to XP or 2000, download the the latest service pack first. My dad upgraded his pc from ME to XP. Since he didn't have the newest service pack, he got sasser as soon as he would connect to the internet.

 racketboy Jun 9, 2004
XP has auto update too -- nice if you have broadband especialy

 Alexvrb Jun 9, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by racketboy@Jun 9, 2004 @ 03:04 PM



 XP has auto update too -- nice if you have broadband especialy


Except when it goes horribly awry and installs an update that causes a given machine to now refuse to load Windows. Yes, I've seen it, and yes it was very impressive. But I'm going to assume it is very rare.

That reminds me, has anyone successfully updated sound drivers from windows update? A lot of people I know have tried it once, only to have it break their sound, and I always have to inform them that you shouldn't get drivers from Microsoft for a non-MS piece of hardware.

 Dyne Jun 9, 2004
i would when i used onboard sound. just made it easier to get the driver then instead of trudging thru the motherboards site. except with my recent 1ghz overclock my onboard no longer works and im back to a pci card

 racketboy Jun 9, 2004
never updated drivers through update

all I usually do is the critical update stuff

then I'll update drivers through the manufact site after a long while or when something goes wrong

 Dud Jun 9, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Alexvrb@Jun 9, 2004 @ 01:52 PM



 Except when it goes horribly awry and installs an update that causes a given machine to now refuse to load Windows. Yes, I've seen it, and yes it was very impressive. But I'm going to assume it is very rare....


I've had that happen too. I had just installed XP Pro and downloaded all the updates. One of them screwed everything up, and I had to reformat and install windows again.

 Dyne Jun 9, 2004
one thing i DO hate and i think it happens after you put in sp1 or one of the updates after that. when you turn on your pc, regardless if your the only user or not you still have to go through the "select user" screen. that pisses me off. im the only user. i shouldnt have to click on my one and only name just to get the pc running.

 racketboy Jun 9, 2004
I always have multiple users on XP

I hate having other people mess with my stuff -- especially when I have videos being processed or like 50 scanned pages open in Photshop

 slinga Jun 9, 2004
You should always have multiple users on 2k\xp. One user is the admin account, rest are regular users. You'd be suprised at how much less trouble the average user would run into by not always running as Admin. (of course no one, including myself, actually follows this advice :lol: )

 racketboy Jun 9, 2004
Exactly -- I'd do it more often on 2K, but the user switching is much more of a pain. I think that's my favorite XP feature

 Dyne Jun 9, 2004
nobody else uses my rig tho.