Paul2412 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 If you are running XP, then you need Service Pack 3 as well. It contains numerous patches to stop hackers and other security measures. Leave your PC for about an hour while it chugs away and you'll be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASPGuru Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Fair points waddler8. In my case my PC is also used by the rest of the family who wouldn't have a clue what to do if the system popped up a question about updates at them. At best they would accept, but then I probably wouldn't get to know there had been an update, so wouldn't think to eliminate it from the equation should I start getting problems. At worst they would reject it and then I'd have fun trying to persuade Windows to take it at a later date. Considering the pros and cons, I'd rather retain control of what is going onto my PC, and if it means I'm a week or two behind occasionally, so be it. We practise safe computing, have decent anti-virus/malware and a hardware firewall, and thats a risk I'm prepared to take, but can understand why others may choose another route. Each to their own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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