MicroSoft introduced 5 patches here recently. Have you gotten yours?
Posted by Roy Frisby (Member # 736) on :
No, I quit smoking years ago!
Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
They keep coming, but I thought someone here said not to use them. What should be be done about them?
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
and someone will always be crying that their computer does do this or that. When I bought a laptop for my son he had no less than 40 patches to download to get it up to speed.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i got most of them loaded on my XP. runs faster, and graphicly better. still its not as good as 98se for work.....i do like it for internet, i got 56K and its quick.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
hahahaha Roy
Santo,
WindowsXP users should recieve the patches automatically from Microsoft, as long as the autoupdate feature is on. It downloads whenever connected to the internet and you recieve anotice that it is ready to be installed. For other Windows OS users, a monthly or weekly visit to the Microsoft Update site is a good habit to get into. It has information on what updates are available and downloads available.
A lot of emails pass bogus information that looks like warnings about viruses, patches, updates and the like, many of which are reported on news websites on thier "tech" pages. Sometimes opening them is just another spam message. Some have attachments that contain viruses and spyware programs. More and more are now installing popup programs directly to your system that remain in memory.
If spyware is a concern, try this...
CTRL+ALT+delete (just once) will open the Windows Task Manager and you can check to see what applications and "processes" are running. Most spyware programs will be running in the backround on a computer, but will show up on the "processes" list as an .exe (exectutive) file. By shutting them down, you disable them. You also can gain some of your system's speed back as well.
If you recieve an email or file and are not sure if it can be trusted, right click on the file and select "properties". Details about the creation and authenticity of the file is displayed. If you still have any doubts, delete it. It's probably not something you need and, unless you are familiar with the company who created it, it more likely than not is harmful.
Where do I get this stuff???? Easy. See that little word on the top of your screen, last one to the right.....? It really does "Help".
Ok, time to go back outside and play in traffic. Rapid
Posted by Troy Haas (Member # 472) on :
Ray Under "Processes", how do you know which ones "Have " to be running.
Some are pretty easy i.e. explorer, etc. some are not so easy.... any help????
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
XP is a good product if you have a recent machine parts. It will give you some grief if you insist on using older computer parts.
My son uses XP home at the house its great. He can do anything he wnts so far.. I use XP Pro on a machine I just built and I have yet to have a single problem with it as well. I realy like it.
Patches are needed to protect your machine from attacks. Sometimes a patch needs a patch but this is very rare.. That is why some say don't patch a machine. But, the consequences are more blaster attacks.. One recent patch slowed XP machines,, but that patch was repatched and all is well.
Service packs are just big patchs that replace a lot of code at once..
Get ready for SP2 for XP it will be out soon..
Posted by Steve Burke (Member # 2674) on :
Troy,
I had the same question- try running A Google search for the file name- it should refer you to several reputable virus websites. also do the same thing in Microsoft's website- it will tell you if they are OS files or spam...
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
Also for troy's question... trial & error is OK since it only disables whatever program for that session, so if you disable (exit) something you needed to run... it will be back when you restart.
