Re: Which security patch NOT to install

From: Colon Terminus (Colon_Terminus_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:28:43 GMT

"Alias" <maskedandanonymous@aka.com> wrote in message
news:c3sf4u$2avl80$1@ID-137389.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Colon Terminus" <Colon_Terminus@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> >
> > Hi Kim,
> >
> > You need to do several things. First of all, you don't need to install
the
> > patch the very day it comes out. Wait a few days.
> >
> > Read the knowledge base articles for each patch.
> > Ask yourself "Does this pertain to my system?"
> > Ask yourself "Is this going to fix a problem I have?"
>
> Terrible advice. *All* security patches are necessary. IOW, all "critical
> updates" are necessary. Critical updates are not for any problem you have,
> nor to fix same.
>
> Alias
>
>

I'm going to follow your earlier statement and "not debate you". I'm simply
going to add your ID to the list of "Unhelpful Idiots who speak with
authority about things which they know little or nothing".

You need to accumulate some "real world" experience before you are qualified
to give advice to people whose computers are broken beyond repair by the
installation of unnecessary, for them, Microsoft patches.

Good luck in your endeavors.

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