pardon my ranting…<\/p>\n
Recently a friend’s computer was reloaded with a clean copy of Windows XP Media edition. After which, a visit to Microsoft’s web site for updates is recommended. There were 91 critical patches<\/strike>, um, I mean updates.<\/p>\n
After installing them, and a reboot, which I won’t fault Windows for, even Macs normally reboot after updates, there were 5 new critical patches<\/strike> updates. So either 5 updates didn’t take or there were 5 new ones, were required to patch the patches or update the updates, however you want to look at it?<\/p>\n
Next was the Software “Optional” updates. These updates include root certification, Windows Media player updates, .net, etc. There were 8 of them. Not a big deal, but right after I installed these 8 updates, reboot, rerun of windows updates, and there are now 9 critical updates again?<\/p>\n
Does this make sense to anyone? (yes sarcasm) And who has done this, a clean install of an OS, and would LOVE Bill Gates to sit down at a computer and do it himself, and see how time consuming and what a pain a clean install is?<\/p>\n
A side note, the reason for the clean installation was a week’s worth of trying to remove spyware, not thanks to Microsoft’s security lacking software had infected the computer beyond repair.<\/p>\n
Thanks for reading this rant… please return to your regular scheduled program \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
pardon my ranting… Recently a friend’s computer was reloaded with a clean copy of Windows XP Media edition. After which, a visit to Microsoft’s web site for updates is recommended. There were 91 critical patches, um, I mean updates. After … Continue reading