Re: Downloading Security Updates

From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka \ (sbradcpa@pacbell.net)
Date: 08/20/02


Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:46:31 -0700
From: "Susan Bradley, CPA aka \"Ebitz\" SBS Rocks [MVP]"  <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>


No you are not better off not downloading security updates.

It is recommended to always reboot before a Windows update to ensure
that you have a clean "boot" prior to a WU. What three security updates
did you download? Do you remember? Can we target which one[s] caused
the issues? What exact error messages did you have? When you say you
had no system...what do you mean?

Life on the internet means that we must live with security updates. I
get them also on the RedHat Linux that I have. They are a fact of life
while living on the Internet.

Susan Bradley

Ed wrote:

> After downloading three security updates from Micorsoft, I
> have learned my lesson. After I download, I have no
> system. I cannot get my Windows98SE to work. Safe Mode
> exists,partially loads, but does not work. The only
> solution was to take it to the pros and have them clean
> the hard drive and reinstall Windows. Does anyone else
> have this sort of problem? Is there an easy solution to
> fix this? Or, am I better off never to download a Security
> Update as long as I live?



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