Re: SP2- To install or not to install, that is the question
From: Colin Barnhorst (colinbarharst(nojunk)_at_msn.com)
Date: 01/24/05
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:38:17 -0700
It is not a question of wear. It is a question of the appearance of new
threats where none was perceived to exist. SP2 includes new processes like
the stack watcher to intercept executables injected into the stack by
malware, and a whole lot of other new programming.
However, I perceive that you came in here asking a question without having
any intention of dealing with the answers, so do as you like. It's your
computer.
-- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:uf1TgsiAFHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > In news:ii27v0lojjnkdldtameaa19k7sm2r4klqe@4ax.com, > Ian Hoare <ianhoare@angelfire.com> typed: > >> Salut/Hi Ken Blake, >> >> le/on Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:58:15 -0700, tu disais/you said:- >> >> >>>> I haven't had any issues so far, and I figure if ain't broke >>>> why fix it? >> >>>I think that "if ain't broke why fix it?" is a usually a very >>>prudent and good point of view. >> >> I don't. Certainly on anything mechanical, preventive maintenance is >> crucial. Sorry Ken, but my brother in law lived on a boat. His guiding >> principle was "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". So whenever we had a >> storm, all the things that were holding on by their fingernails would >> break because they were stressed to the limit. Sheet lines broke, >> mast stays broke, etc and so forth. And always just at the moment >> when it was crucial that they worked ad always at a time when it was >> horribly difficult to replace/repair them. A simple inspection and >> replacement of worn stuff BEFORE they broke would have prevented a >> great many near catastrophes. > > > I should have qualified that I didn't mean on mechanical things, and > especially not on boats. But software doesn't wear out the way hardware > does. > > -- > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User > Please reply to the newsgroup > >> >> Even on computer systems, I suggest that a similar methodology should >> prevail. My main problem is to work out what to do and how to do it! >> Should one regularly uninstall a program, (saving data and settings >> first, of course) and re-install it (possibly upgrading/dating at the >> same time)? Should it be windows that we do that to? How about >> defragging disks? What intervals.... >> >>>I'm happy with the free version of Zone Alarm. >> >> I have some issues with it, but on the whole I agree. > >
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