Hi Jim, All I can say is you must have had a lot of bad luck as I've never had that problem. I often run Windows update and the system runs better and those patches fixes bugs, security problems, whatever in the operating system I am running. There are cases such as the upgrade to Internet Explorer 5 to Internet Explorer 6 where that was a bad decision because Internet Explorer 6 had a number of memory leaks and bugs that were eventually resolved in Internet Explorer 7 that is why I don't run anything less than Internet Explorer 7 and I happen to have Internet Explorer 8 which comes with Windows 7 anyway. However, by and large my system doesn't "go to heck" when I apply patches and upgrades. So I really don't understand what happened or why your system had that problem. What I can say is you have obviously had a few bad experiences with upgrades, I can see that by the tone of your message, and now your attitude is that all upgrades are bad. The "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality. Unfortunately, that is a very very narrow view of life and computer software in general, because it totally ignores some of the good things that can come from upgrading. Weather or not you use those features or not some of us do appreciate some of the things we get by upgrading. For example, Internet Explorer 8 comes with Windows 7 out of the box. I happen to feel it is a superior product over Internet Explorer 6 for a number of reasons. There were a numbr of bugs in Internet Explorer 6 that are no longer in Internet Explorer 8, it has multitab browsing, a built in pop up blocker, amung other nice handy little features. So with multitab browsing in I.E. 8 I can have my gmail inbox open in one tab and have something like Facebook open in another. I could even create a third tab and be browsing amazon.com in still yet another tab. It allows me to browse multiple websites or look at different pages at once for various reasons which I personally think comes in handy. You don't really realise how handy a feature like that comes in handy until you have it and begin using it regularly. It is a feature that meets the needs of those of us who spend a lot of time on the internet doing this or that. Basicly, whatI am saying is that your attitude towards upgrades is similar to attitudes some women have after they come out of a bad relationship. I've got a female friend like that, and her attitude is that all men suck and are jurks. Does that make it true? Well, of course not. However, since you had afew bad upgrade experiences, for one reason or another, now your attitude that upgrading is all bad, nothing but bad, and therefore no person in their right mind would do it. Well, I'm sorry that you had those bad experiences, but that's being overly critical in my opinion.
Cheers! On 7/8/10, Jim Kitchen <j...@kitchensinc.net> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Ok, but still all I hear is I need the latest, latest, latest, and as I > stated every time I up grade my computer it goes to heck! So I plan to use > my computer the way that it is until it dies and I need to somehow buy a new > computer and a screen reader that will run on it. > > BFN --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
