Roy said:
Recently I checked the needed updates for the recently SP3 upgraded
PC and was notified that I had to install the Net FRamework version
3.5 and Internet Explorer 8.
Knowing the problems that other users had with IE8 this is out of
the question ,, I willl stick with IE 6, are there any issues if I
kept it that way? How about IE7.
Another question, this PC already had the Net framework version 2
therefore I would like to know if the the version 3.5 confer some
benefits to this WinXP Home run PC... and if installled will it
displace the version 2.0?
Lil' Dave said:
Nope. Those are optional, not required.
If online security is not an issue for you, you're fine.
None, zero, zilch benefits
Each singular numerical version of Net Framework is a separate
entity in itself.
Thanks for your reply but what is interesting is the new
information that the IE8 can give better security than IE6?
Why is it necessary if I am already a solid antimalware in the form
of Kaspersky Internet Security in my PC?
People like to throw around words like "necessary" a lot - especially when
it comes to updates (when they have fears that their system will just stop
working everytime they update.)
In terms of your computer, everything is optional. It's your computer.
Now - your choices may lead you down a path where you no longer are able to
get current updates for your operating system or install the latest
application/driver or something along those lines - but that is just another
choice *you* have to make.
If you want to run your computer without a firewall, without antivirus
software, without antispyware software and so on - that's your choice.
Whether or not it is a wise choice - most would agree it probably isn't, but
it is *your* choice. Nothing "necessary" about it.
You can continue to run Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP for as long as you
desire. You can choose to protect yourself with third party applications,
antivirus, antispyware and firewalls. You can choose to not install any
service pack onto Windows XP, SP1a, SP2 or SP3. Then you can decide what
patches you want (given what you will be offered may be limited by your
choice of service pack level) after that. Each choice you make could either
open up more choices or shut some down. Nothing says you couldn't
reconsider your choices later down the line - but you have to live with the
possible consequences of the current ones until you do.
You should research and look into what might be best. For example - as it
has been for centuries - the best defenses against any attack have been
multi-layered. Let's say there is a known issue in "Application A" that
*will not* be fixed because "Application A" is not supported by the
manufacturer anymore. "Application A" has a predecessor ("Application B")
that does not have this weakness and "Application B" is still supported by
the manufacturer. Even if you have a way already in place (say
"Anti-Everything Software A") to protect yourself against the known issue -
would it be wiser to not have the issue at all and use the "Anti-Everything
Software A" as a second layer of protection instead of the bubblegum in the
crack in the dam? The bubblegum in the crack in the dam may do you just
fine until you replace the entire dam - or you may have other layers in
place that make you feel secure enough (boat and a lifejacket maybe?)
That's *your* choice. No one elses when it comes to your computer.
Generally - a computer that is well maintained - dutifully - will function
fine for many years without incident.
