Re: Windows xp (Home Edition) updates. Yes or no???

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Belt and suspenders. Downloading and installing the critical updates
provides protection for you computer in case a nasty does get through the
other defenses. Norton, and Earthlink are not perfect (LOL) and someday you
will be very sorry you did not take the free patch that would have been
there to protect you.

"Loring Hutchinson" <loringh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:37bnn191b5bgmf99pp26aifv542rbuchcg@xxxxxxxxxx
>I have a P4 system with Win XP (home Ed). I use a 2 way satellite for
> Internet access and I have his and her computers networked using
> network cards and Wingate software. So far I have not chosen to click
> on the little popup window that appears on my desktop and says updates
> are available. I have had this system for about 14 months. I would
> really appreciate some knowledgeable inputs on the pros and cons of
> downloading rhese updates. I have pretty good firewall protection with
> the Earthlink satellite system and I use Norton ( a new one)
> regularlly. The satellit systems modems, (one transmit and one
> receive) seem to be very sensitive to changes, Comments please??


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