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Do you guys install ALL the "Critical" updates?

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Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Uh, no. I don't install things like "This critical update fixes the font size when watching the close-captioning in the Bambi DVD." and other nonsense crap like that. I don't install Windows Messaging updates, or anything else bullsh|ttish.

If I need it, I update it. Otherwise, why mess with something that isn't broken?
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I agree. I check them over and install the ones that say:

"This update is to prevent newbie hackers from exploiting our amateurish code ..."

or the ones that say:

"Download this critical update that we've been forced to release because we can't program worth shite"

Everytime I see that one "update" that deals with the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs DVD (or whatever movie it was) playback issue I have to laugh.
 
Originally posted by: bill_n_opus
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt Uh, no. I don't install things like "This critical update fixes the font size when watching the close-captioning in the Bambi DVD." and other nonsense crap like that. I don't install Windows Messaging updates, or anything else bullsh|ttish. If I need it, I update it. Otherwise, why mess with something that isn't broken?
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I agree. I check them over and install the ones that say: "This update is to prevent newbie hackers from exploiting our amateurish code ..." or the ones that say: "Download this critical update that we've been forced to release because we can't program worth shite" Everytime I see that one "update" that deals with the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs DVD (or whatever movie it was) playback issue I have to laugh.
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wasn't that a 'recommeded update', not a 'critical update'?
 
Only the service packs. When I used to install all of the updates I would notice my machine would start to slow down and the windows directory would eventually get huge and I would end up formatting.
 
Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: bill_n_opus
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt Uh, no. I don't install things like "This critical update fixes the font size when watching the close-captioning in the Bambi DVD." and other nonsense crap like that. I don't install Windows Messaging updates, or anything else bullsh|ttish. If I need it, I update it. Otherwise, why mess with something that isn't broken?
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I agree. I check them over and install the ones that say: "This update is to prevent newbie hackers from exploiting our amateurish code ..." or the ones that say: "Download this critical update that we've been forced to release because we can't program worth shite" Everytime I see that one "update" that deals with the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs DVD (or whatever movie it was) playback issue I have to laugh.
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wasn't that a 'recommeded update', not a 'critical update'?
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Yes, you're right. My bad.

I meant - I download all the critical stuff like most people here.

The Recommended stuff - i'm selective about.
 
They're critical for a reason. Even if you don't use the program its referencing, you're still at risk, because the buggy code is on your computer.
 
Originally posted by: freebee
Just wait till they build up and they release service packs. Its much easier that way.
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It sure is.

As long as you don't mind being hit by a Nimda or a SQL Slammer worm in the meantime.
 
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Uh, no. I don't install things like "This critical update fixes the font size when watching the close-captioning in the Bambi DVD." and other nonsense crap like that. I don't install Windows Messaging updates, or anything else bullsh|ttish.

If I need it, I update it. Otherwise, why mess with something that isn't broken?
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Those updates are not ranked as "critical" updates by Microsoft.
 
Originally posted by: NogginBoink
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Uh, no. I don't install things like "This critical update fixes the font size when watching the close-captioning in the Bambi DVD." and other nonsense crap like that. I don't install Windows Messaging updates, or anything else bullsh|ttish.

If I need it, I update it. Otherwise, why mess with something that isn't broken?
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Those updates are not ranked as "critical" updates by Microsoft.
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outdated nvidia display drivers show up in my critical updates section for whatever reason. and it keeps wanting to install "windows messenger 4.7" when i have msn messenger 6.0 already.
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: NogginBoink
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Uh, no. I don't install things like "This critical update fixes the font size when watching the close-captioning in the Bambi DVD." and other nonsense crap like that. I don't install Windows Messaging updates, or anything else bullsh|ttish.

If I need it, I update it. Otherwise, why mess with something that isn't broken?
Click to expand...

Those updates are not ranked as "critical" updates by Microsoft.
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outdated nvidia display drivers show up in my critical updates section for whatever reason. and it keeps wanting to install "windows messenger 4.7" when i have msn messenger 6.0 already.
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It's possible then that the nvidia drivers patch a vulnerability in previous versions.

And MS has really screwed the pooch on Messenger. I got the same problem until I realized that there's MSN Messenger, and there's Windows Messenger, and they're apparently packaged as different products. Just to confuse users, I guess?
 
I read the descriptions first and decide. So far I have not skipped any OS updates. I've held off on some browser/mediaplayer updates for a while until things were found OK and then updated.

I use a firewall and antivirus so I feel pretty comfortable with things as-is, I'm not in a rush to update. If I will be traveling and be on a direct connection (w/o hardware firewall) then I'll check for latest sig files and vulnerability postings before I go.

 
I use Win2K and the only critical update I haven't installed is SP4. There's a whole bunch of recommended updates I haven't installed because I don't need them.
 
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