Biennial Crash Testing

[Ron Jarrell]

The Windows update thing actually worked surprisingly well...

At 09:01 AM 5/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> Holly, have you used the update feature on Win 98 to "repair" some of
>> the problems that Win98 was released with?
>
>No, I haven't.  I'm paranoid as hell about things that install 
>themselves and fix problems I didn't know I had -- and with 
>Windows, I always feel like I'm beta testing their damn software 
>anyway.  I know I got a way-early version of 98 -- it came preloaded 
>with the computer, and has been a regular hassle.  (I have system 
>hang-ups and shut-downs several times a day.)  So I guess I ought 
>to go online and get their patches.
>
>But I'm afraid. 
>
>_Very_ afraid.
>
>Holly
>
>> I recently purchased a new computer with Win98 and was glad to see the
>> update feature, which takes you to the Microsoft update site and
>> displays a list of various types of updates.  Most important are the
>> critical updates.  It checks your system to see which you have not
>> installed, then displays a list for you to choose from.  Then you
>> download them and it does the install process for you.  It's pretty
>> convenient, actually.  Now if only I could get the task scheduler to
>> shut off like it's supposed to...
>
>There's a program that goes on the internet and hunts down 
>software upgrades and install them for you.  It will even do this as a 
>regularly scheduled part of maintenance, so that you don't have to 
>do anything.  (Oil Change, or something like that.)  The Luddite in 
>me gets the screaming heebie-jeebies just thinking about that 
>program.
>
>If you get to pick the upgrades you want and install them yourself, 
>maybe I can brave the Microsoft site.
>
>Ugh.
>
>Holly
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