----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:04
AM
Subject: Re: Windows XP
David,
Don't know the answer to #1.
About #2: I disabled auto updates
completely, update drivers only when needed, and go to the vendor's site (not
the MS site) for the current device drivers or patches. I also go to
vendors' sites every now and then to find out about newly released drivers and
download any new ones.
You normally don't need to update drivers, unless
you have a problem. For example, I discovered last week that my EasyDisk
was giving me half the 16 MB storage space. I
reformatted Easydisk and discovered it formatting terminated half
way. In other words, formatting did not correct the problem.
Norton Disk Doctor revealed three huge files (combined size was close to 8 MB)
whose names were mad up of strange symbols. Norton could not
correct the problem either. I went to the EasyDisk site and found out
that my CD burner software was known to cause this problem, and the suggested solution is to update to
the current version of the burner software. I went to Roxio's site
to perform the update. This solved my EasyDisk
problem.
I guess you would know when to update device
drivers or patches when you encounter problems similar to mine.
Making periodic visits to vendors' sites is perhaps a good thing to do to
ensure that you have the current drivers or patches.
Stan Loo
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:12
PM
Subject: Re: Windows XP
Thanks Dan!
I noticed that it says it will notify you when
it has downloaded and then notify when it's going to install.
Two questions:
1. Can you STOP it from installing the update
when it says it's time?
2. How do you know which updates make sense and
which don't?
David Blocker
David Blocker
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:32
AM
Subject: RE: Windows XP
Right click on "My Computer". Go to "Properties". Go to the
"Automatic updates" tab. Change it to "notify me" if you just want to be
notified.
Dan
Stan
Can you point me in the right direction -
where in the maze of options in XP is the option to enable / disable
automatic updates?
David Blocker
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002
10:22 PM
Subject: Re: Windows XP
Nothing but positive experience. Go
for it.
However, to avoid Win XP from crashing
mysteriously, disable automatic updates. You would be interested
in the following advice found in a recent issue of Channel
Business.
"The culprits seem to be the plethora of
security updates that have been issued to Windows XP, almost on a
daily basis. Some of those update are known to cause driver
problems and cause devices to become unstable, potentially crashing
the machine. The best advice is to turn off automatic updates
and do everything manually, only upgrading those patches you need
(instead of every one, whether it affects you or not)."
Stan Loo
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002
11:26 PM
Subject: Windows XP
I am considering upgrading the Windows XP and this
upgrade is questionable as it relates to Rbase. What kind of
experience has anyone had with Rbase and Windows XP? Good or
bad. Thank you.
Benjamin Strickland
