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post #16 of 22
7/14/04 at 11:40pm
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Originally Posted by Welly Wu
I am offering you a bit of advice: do not use Microsoft Windows Update to patch your computer. I have tried it twice on all five of my computers at home with the same consistent result: BSOD and re-boots.
Hmmm....I have two XP machines and one running 98SE (networked) and have never had a problem using Windows Update.
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post #17 of 22
7/14/04 at 11:44pm
It is also equally possible that the technical problems I experienced today are a result of my actions or particular system configurations. However, I did experience these recurring problems without doing anything out of the ordinary to initiate the Microsoft Windows Update procedure either.
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post #18 of 22
7/15/04 at 12:54am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Welly Wu
I am offering you a bit of advice: do not use Microsoft Windows Update to patch your computer. I have tried it twice on all five of my computers at home with the same consistent result: BSOD and re-boots. I am at a loss to explain why this was the case for all of my five computers.
Do you mean 'Automatic Updates' which run in the background, or that pop-up window that comes up when you're surfing, says that windows needs updating, takes you to a bogus website, installs a virus, and then crashes your system? hmm?

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Originally Posted by Welly Wu
I highly suggest that you run Internet Explorer and go to http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp and click on the Critical Updates link. Find all applicable patches, download them, and install them one at a time. Then, reboot.
Is there any other way???
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post #19 of 22
7/15/04 at 1:39am
Wallijonn:

I'm talking about running Internet Explorer, clicking on the Tools menu bar, and scrolling down to Windows Update. Then, let Windows Update scan your computer for applicable updates, download them, and install some of them. Then, I got BSOD twice and had to do hard boots. I'm not talking about automated updates that run in the background. Don't do it this way.
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post #20 of 22
7/15/04 at 2:48am
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I usually just START -> WIDOWS UPDATE. The I do a scan and install the patches /' updates I want. I NEVER even thought of doing it your way.
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post #21 of 22
7/16/04 at 7:42pm
You'd all just be in better positions if you turned off the (2) 'Enable Install on Demand' settings and set 'Prompt' for all scripts and Active-X components. From then on, all web sites which pop up a dialog box asking if you want to run the script gets a "NO" response. ONLY if the web site won't run, and ONLY if you know and can trust the website will you THEN hit the RELOAD and let the scripts run.

Simple. Always effective. Safe. Anti-What-We-Think-Is-Best Microsoft.

The only Security setting which stays at "Enable" is Active Scripting, as many internal Windows OLE calls will use scripting to activate the server-side features of IE. It would be a royal pain to answer all of those prompted questions. Otherwise all other IE features get Disabled or Prompted.
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post #22 of 22
7/16/04 at 10:59pm
Thread Starter 
that's exactly how my IE is set up.
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