Re: Which security patch NOT to install
From: Alias (maskedandanonymous_at_aka.com)
Date: 03/24/04
- Next message: Potter: "Functionality of Windows 2000 Professional without NIC card"
- Previous message: peter flint: "Infra Red"
- In reply to: Colon Terminus: "Re: Which security patch NOT to install"
- Next in thread: Kim Kruse: "Re: Which security patch NOT to install"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:52:08 +0100
"Colon Terminus" <Colon_Terminus@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:fzj8c.11566873$Of.1941344@news.easynews.com...
>
> "Alias" <maskedandanonymous@aka.com> wrote in message
> news:c3sf4u$2avl80$1@ID-137389.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >
> > "Colon Terminus" <Colon_Terminus@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
> > news:a8j8c.11474313$Id.1928315@news.easynews.com...
> > >
> > > 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.
All I can say is that you provided her no solution for her problem and I
did.
If you think some critical updates are necessary and some are not, that's
your perogative. Notice I said "critical updates" not *all* updates.
Alias
- Next message: Potter: "Functionality of Windows 2000 Professional without NIC card"
- Previous message: peter flint: "Infra Red"
- In reply to: Colon Terminus: "Re: Which security patch NOT to install"
- Next in thread: Kim Kruse: "Re: Which security patch NOT to install"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
