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| 23835 | 2001-11-07 04:43:00 | I am using Windows 98 (original version) and very few updates have been installed. It wasn't broke so I didn't fix it, but now I am acutely aware of the number of security patches that have come out and I think I ought to get my security up to date. Does Windows Update review your present O/S status and supply all applicable updates in one hit or do you have to go from page to page finding them all? Also, am I likely to find that the updates fix it worse? I don't want to ruin my current system if I can avoid it as it is really quite trouble free. Thanks Michael Keane |
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| 23836 | 2001-11-07 05:25:00 | I never had any problems with the updates from Microsoft, apart from fixing things like security, they never seemed to make anything else work any better. You can go to the Microsoft website and run the update program that will check your computer, and advise what updates are cruicial. You can't download any other updates, until the cruicial updates have been downloaded and installed. |
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| 23837 | 2001-11-07 07:12:00 | Towards the second half of the question. Yes Microsoft supplies a single site that checks your current conifg to see what you need. Head over to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Choose product updates. Your Windows config will now be analised. In about 1 min you will be presented with specific updates avaiable to you. Jess |
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| 23838 | 2001-11-07 08:54:00 | ...the Live Update Process is simple and straight forward. However (!) i would recommend that, if you do decide to apply Microsoft Updates, you install *only* one update at a time and that you reboot after *each* install. Cheers !!! e_ |
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| 23839 | 2001-11-07 09:51:00 | I am in exactly the same boat as Michael -- have Win 98 with no updates at all (heard of other people having problems afterwards, eg losing their settings, funny things happening etc). What risk is there in not getting updated?? I do have Internet Explorer version 5.5. Also, at the risk of sounding very stupid (!), getting updated via the web doesn't mean I'll then have a machine running Win 98SE does it? I've never been quite sure how people got Win 98SE but assumed that it was just a later version of Win 98 from the shops or preinstalled on new machines. Right or wrong? |
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| 23840 | 2001-11-08 05:04:00 | my 2 cents worth- the critcal updates are a must do. there are so many sites/virus/trojens that exploit these holes. simply put a lot of virus would not spread if EVERYONE had patched systems. for eg a simple mime exploit alows a virus to mass mail itself to your family and friends. not only protection but system faults such as shutdown patches etc. the only time i have had problems with the updates is when the system is half stuffed anyway and the patches don't install properly. i have yet to have any problems with patching 'unused systems'. |
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| 23841 | 2001-11-08 07:27:00 | I have always thought that if I installed all the updates (security patches, etc) for my version of Internet Explorer (at present 5.5) then I was safe from the internet security risk, even if Windows itself wasn't kept updated. If this isn't the case, then why not? | Guest (0) | ||
| 23842 | 2001-11-13 01:52:00 | I have been downloading everything offerd at 'Windows Update' for two years, not a hint of a problem! I am using Win98 on a pIII 450. Go for it. | Guest (0) | ||
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