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Originally Posted by Theodoric
Will there never be an end to these updates? I finally bit the bullet again a couple of weeks ago and installed a mere 22 updates! Ever since I installed a dodgy MS update which crippled Explorer, I've been a bit wary of Windows updates. What annoyed me about that particular one was that (I suspect as usual) the Windows site gave no indication that it could cause problems - only a quick System Restore and a bit of googling saved the situation.
Oh, and in that last batch I didn't install 905474 (Windows Genuine Advantage Notification). Is this going to give me problems with future updates?
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There will never be an end to updates there is no such thing as a totally secure os. Linux is constantly being updated also new versions etc a lot more often than new versions of windows.
Remember that exploits are found in code by code writers themselves and what 1 person can write and think is secure then another person will crack.Look at piracy if 1 man could write the perfect secure code then there would be no ability to copy anything someone has to crack the code this applies to dvds cds and software.
Windows is also by far the most popular way of running a computer and is in the homes of people who do not have a clue so what better a target for the unscruplous.As long as there is windows there will be windows update
