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Mike

I am really steamed because I have a simple question
about updates:

I accept just about every update notice I am sent--
at least the ones about security, like virus definition
updates. The updates are 255K here, 1.4M there.
Isn't my system memory being clogged with stuff
that has been replaced/updated?

Problem is: when I accessed microsoft.com there wasn't
anybody I could actually e-mail and ask a simple
question of. Help!

Mike
S Dakota
 
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I am really steamed because I have a simple question
about updates:

I accept just about every update notice I am sent--
at least the ones about security, like virus definition
updates. The updates are 255K here, 1.4M there.
Isn't my system memory being clogged with stuff
that has been replaced/updated?

Problem is: when I accessed microsoft.com there wasn't
anybody I could actually e-mail and ask a simple
question of. Help!

Mike
S Dakota
Click to expand...
You're confusing "memory" with "disk space". memory, (RAM) loses all its
content when you turn off your machine - Disk space does not. Windows
updates get installed on your Disk, not into memory.
 
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Mike said:
I am really steamed because I have a simple question
about updates:

I accept just about every update notice I am sent--
at least the ones about security, like virus definition
updates. The updates are 255K here, 1.4M there.
Isn't my system memory being clogged with stuff
that has been replaced/updated?

Problem is: when I accessed microsoft.com there wasn't
anybody I could actually e-mail and ask a simple
question of. Help!
Click to expand...

No, it's your personal *schedule* that gets clogged with having to worry
about:

(*) Learning about the critical flaws in Windows in the first place;

(*) Determining if each individual update (and there are many of them)
are something you really need to install on YOUR system(s);

(*) Finding the download page for each individual patch, if they haven't
made it to Windows Update yet;

(*) Installing the patch(es);

(*) Rebooting

(*) Crossing your fingers while you determine if anything is screwed up
afterward; and hopefully not...

(*) Having to remove the patch, if it did screw something up. This
could also include restoring your entire system, of course.
 
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