Re: BSOD's
- From: "Unknown" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:20:03 -0500
Your basic problem is in reading these news groups and then assuming
everyone has these problems. SP3, for example, has been installed on
literally millions of computers. But if a few people have a problem you get
the attitude 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' or don't update if your
computer hasn't a problem. That is the worse advice you can present here.
"Robert Blass" <blame@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:27:48 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
<newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> sayd the following:
Robert Blass wrote:
Undo what you did just before the BSOD.
Then never re-do that step.
Even if some forum tells you it will make your Pentium into a
HexCore computer.....
Shenan Stanley wrote:
Random unsolicited advice...
Robert Blass wrote:
Not when you scan over the questions being posted here.
50% are as a result of updating/upgrading some driver or software
that was working fine before the "needed?" upgrade.
Sounds like perfectly great advice.
What I said is not incorrect. You answered no question directly and no
one
asked you specifically what they should do. Therefore...
"Random unsolicited advice..."
Fits perfectly. If people searched before they asked in most cases - they
wouldn't ask... Therefore making your random unsolicited advice also
likely
unread by those who might benefit from it. ;-)
What 'poll' did you do to come up with your 50%? I could see that being
true *if* you had posted in the WindowsUpdate newsgroup... But you posted
in
Help_and_Support (which - by the way - was originally meant to assist with
issues pertaining to the built-in Windows XP Help and Support feature...
Not
for GENERAL Help and Support... *grin*)
In any case... Hey - it's your time - do with it what you wish.
As far as never redoing the step that messed you up - many people would
call
that giving up and hoping for the best outcome. It might work out that
way - it might not. Your case may be one of the lucky (for now) few.
Good
luck to you and your acquiescent mannerism towards failure exposing a
problem that likely should be heeded. ;-)
--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
What PROBLEM are you talking about? The non-problems I had waiting 6
months to upgrade to SP2? Those non-problems?
If people would read this thread starting with my original post they
would keep themselves from upgrading/updating to unnecessary things.
Most people see there first computer problems as a result of some
upgrade/update. I've seen in other NG's where people couldn't reboot
after flashing there bios and they weren't having problems before the
flash, they just seen so many people talking about that it just MUST
be something you do. Same goes for software updates. You see people
talking about SP3 and assume your computer will catch on fire and
vaporize if you don't immediately go to SP3. It's simply not true and
in fact causes untold grief.
Why would people want to encourage people to update/upgrade when
everything on there computer is working perfectly fine right now?
Why is this concept I have promoted so controversial ?
I have not told people to do something to harm there computer in fact
I've done the exact opposite which is to keep them from having
unnecessary problems.
As for unsolicited advice. Cigarette warning on packs are NOT for the
smokers, it is for those who are considering smoking.
But go ahead and encourage people to install things that have a good
chance of messing up there computer. You know, you won't be held
responsible and can just shrug your shoulders when they ask you have
to UNDO what they did with the upgrade that was suggested.
OK, now I am done....have a nice day....
.
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