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bluestar
Do I have to install all critical updates? How do I know
which ones I really need.
which ones I really need.
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Will Denny
Hi
It is advisable to install all Security/Critical Updates.
It is advisable to install all Security/Critical Updates.
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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Will said:Hi
It is advisable to install all Security/Critical Updates.
Depends - for example if it's a critical update that affects machines
running IIS and your machine doesn't, then no. Read the information supplied
with the update.
I agree that you will probably need MOST of the critical updates, but I
would say that to slavishly download and install all of them regardless is
not neccessary.
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Will Denny
Gordon Burgess-Parker said:Depends - for example if it's a critical update that affects machines
running IIS and your machine doesn't, then no. Read the information supplied
with the update.
I agree that you will probably need MOST of the critical updates, but I
would say that to slavishly download and install all of them regardless is
not neccessary.
Hi
Most of the problems with the Blaster virus were because users didn't use the Windows Update utility. If everyone had used that utility then we wouldn't have had to been posting the URLs for the patch. ****All**** Security/Critical Updates should be installed. If a PC hasn't got IIS installed, then that update won't be offered.
If you need any more help on WU, please email to (e-mail address removed)
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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Will said:Hi
Most of the problems with the Blaster virus were because users didn't
use the Windows Update utility. If everyone had used that utility
then we wouldn't have had to been posting the URLs for the patch.
****All**** Security/Critical Updates should be installed. If a PC
hasn't got IIS installed, then that update won't be offered.
If you need any more help on WU, please email to (e-mail address removed)
OK. Update 811943 says and I quote "The attacker would have to log on
locally to launch the attack". Well NO-ONE other than me logs on locally, so
I'm not going to install it, even though it's offered.
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Will Denny
Gordon Burgess-Parker said:OK. Update 811943 says and I quote "The attacker would have to log on
locally to launch the attack". Well NO-ONE other than me logs on locally, so
I'm not going to install it, even though it's offered.
Hi
It is your prerogative to decline **any** Update that you want to.
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Frank Jukes
Gordon Burgess-Parker said:OK. Update 811943 says and I quote "The attacker would have to log on
locally to launch the attack". Well NO-ONE other than me logs on
locally, so I'm not going to install it, even though it's offered.
I installed this and then uninstalled it as it reduced my computer (and
many others) to a crawl. Has this been fixed now?
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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Frank said:I installed this and then uninstalled it as it reduced my computer
(and many others) to a crawl. Has this been fixed now?
yes, there's a new one out AFAIK.....
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Frank Jukes
yes, there's a new one out AFAIK.....
With the same number?
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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Frank said:With the same number?
Same number, updated update (!) AFAIK....
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
Well, the old saw, "If it's not broke, don't fix it..." does often
apply to operating systems. Due to the nearly infinite number of
possible combinations of hardware, device drivers, and applications on
any given PC, it's impossible to guarantee that all patches will be
100% harmless. In a small number of cases, patches and hotfixes can
cause conflicts or other problems. Caution is advised.
All "Critical" updates should be installed. These address serious
issues that can affect a large number of computers. There will be
only rare occasions when a Critical update will not apply. Of special
importance are those that address security vulnerabilities. If people
had installed the available critical updates in July, the Blaster and
Welchia worms would not have spread throughout the Internet the
following month.
For the "Recommended" updates, simply study the information
provided to see if these updates apply in your specific situation. If
they don't apply, or you're not experiencing the problem(s) addressed,
you needn't install them. For instance, I have no use for WinXP's
MovieMaker, so I ignore any updates to it.
In general, I've found it best not to download the "Driver"
updates from Windows Update, unless they're for a hardware device
originally manufactured by Microsoft. Device drivers provided by each
component's manufacturer's web site are likely to perform better and
offer more features than will the watered-down, "generic" drivers that
those manufacturers provide to Microsoft for distribution via Windows
Update.
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
Well, the old saw, "If it's not broke, don't fix it..." does often
apply to operating systems. Due to the nearly infinite number of
possible combinations of hardware, device drivers, and applications on
any given PC, it's impossible to guarantee that all patches will be
100% harmless. In a small number of cases, patches and hotfixes can
cause conflicts or other problems. Caution is advised.
All "Critical" updates should be installed. These address serious
issues that can affect a large number of computers. There will be
only rare occasions when a Critical update will not apply. Of special
importance are those that address security vulnerabilities. If people
had installed the available critical updates in July, the Blaster and
Welchia worms would not have spread throughout the Internet the
following month.
For the "Recommended" updates, simply study the information
provided to see if these updates apply in your specific situation. If
they don't apply, or you're not experiencing the problem(s) addressed,
you needn't install them. For instance, I have no use for WinXP's
MovieMaker, so I ignore any updates to it.
In general, I've found it best not to download the "Driver"
updates from Windows Update, unless they're for a hardware device
originally manufactured by Microsoft. Device drivers provided by each
component's manufacturer's web site are likely to perform better and
offer more features than will the watered-down, "generic" drivers that
those manufacturers provide to Microsoft for distribution via Windows
Update.
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
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Willit
Try the "Hosts" file delete any entries with notepad and
save.
windows> system32> Drivers> etc> Host
save.
windows> system32> Drivers> etc> Host
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Frank Jukes
Same number, updated update (!) AFAIK....
You were right - thanks. Just checked and the original was updated some
time ago. Pity they didn't use a different number or at least call it
811493a: then the change would have been obvious and those of us who had
had problems could have (re)applied the patch.
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Ken Blake
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You need them all. That's exactly what the word "critical" means.
bluestar said:Do I have to install all critical updates? How do I know
which ones I really need.
You need them all. That's exactly what the word "critical" means.
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