micro shaft updates

Reply #15 – January 09, 2013, 09:44:18 PM

Well I can see not updating if the machine is running at less than 1Ghz, continual updates do bloat the package and sooner than later start slowing down the machines...

You want to see slow, try XP on a 200Mhz Cyrix with 96Mb memory, yeah I did it for kicks...

I have a couple Compaq, AMD Sempr0n 3200 XP machines(one is a backup) that run as music servers for mini transmitters I operate from time to time(Less than $50 in the pair)... Whatever was on the Dell SP2 disc(that's right Dell XP on Compaq boxes) is what they have, but also they never see the I-net, other than maybe D/L a needed Compaq driver at install...

micro shaft updates

Reply #16 – January 12, 2013, 12:41:24 PM

Tom, I've run xp on a 133mhz p1 with 32 megs of ram. Now that is slow.

My favorite server of all time was an old 75mhz p1 running windows 2000 pro with 32 megs of ram. It was my dial up server, and ran continuosly for years. I had nearly 2 years without a restart before I lost power back in about 1996.

I am very suprised that anyone does any of the windows updates anymore unless its neccisary, like the xp service packs that allowed you to update your .net framework. Just because you run the updates doesn't mean that your not protected.

I still run spybot and one or two other programs. The problem with sequrity and updates is, the same people that write them write the virus's. All it takes is one bad update, or and all of it is worthless, which has happened a lot in microsofts past. Half the reason I quit using ie is because it was allowing back ground data and constantly sending and receiving packets. Same with the service pack updates. Your computer didn't always used to automatically run updates when you shut it down, and I think it should stay that way.

When I worked at emachine/gateway back in 05-06, we sold protection software that installed span onto computers, requiring macafee or norton to uninstall it. This was mainstream back in the day. They got you coming and going.