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Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« on: April 30, 2012, 02:42:15 PM »
I reinstalled Windows 7 on a PC. Been downloading and installing updates for about 90 minutes now. And just when I think I finished I click on "Check for Updates" more show up to be downloaded and installed.  :argh:
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2012, 04:09:20 PM »
Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on April 30, 2012, 02:42:15 PM
I reinstalled Windows 7 on a PC. Been downloading and installing updates for about 90 minutes now. And just when I think I finished I click on "Check for Updates" more show up to be downloaded and installed.  :argh:

It's funny, but true.  Microsoft makes updates for their updates, and patches for their patches. I installed Win 7 on my wife's laptop that had XP on it and the instructions said to connect all USB devices that are used to make sure that updates are found for them.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2012, 04:17:46 PM »
BT, DT.

Later I went to my local branch of a Big Computer Retailing Chain where I bought the thing in the first place.

"You should have come here sooner," said the help guy.  "We could have loaded all the updates at once from here," he said, pointng to a nearby fearsomely-large computer.  "We do it for all new computers leaving the store, though they usually only need a couple."

Well, now I know...
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2012, 04:26:06 PM »
I turn my windows updates off. As long as I run a decent anti-virus, there really isn't a problem unless the OS never installed correctly. BUT........ that's just me. I've had windows updates hose my computers on more than one occasion, ESPECIALLY in the 98SE & early XP days.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2012, 04:34:18 PM »
:nelson:

I feel your pain.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2012, 05:17:43 PM »
Quote from: Thor on April 30, 2012, 04:26:06 PM
I turn my windows updates off. As long as I run a decent anti-virus, there really isn't a problem unless the OS never installed correctly. BUT........ that's just me. I've had windows updates hose my computers on more than one occasion, ESPECIALLY in the 98SE & early XP days.


It continues to this day.  When I bought this Gateway with Windows 7, it was extremely fast to boot up and load everything.  Then one day after installing updates, it became very slow to boot up, and the onboard card reader stopped working.  It took awhile but everything works again, but it's still slow to boot up.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2012, 05:20:43 PM »
Windows does update a lot, that is for sure. There are hardly any on on my mac. I had it for two years and I think there only like three or four updates total. The thing with Windows, and seeing how it is constantly evolving; not to mention all the security breaches they find in it, I can understand why it is constantly updating.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2012, 04:12:44 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on April 30, 2012, 05:20:43 PM
Windows does update a lot, that is for sure. There are hardly any on on my mac. I had it for two years and I think there only like three or four updates total. The thing with Windows, and seeing how it is constantly evolving; not to mention all the security breaches they find in it, I can understand why it is constantly updating.

Just remember that macs are no longer "bullet-proof" when it comes to malware, viruses, etc. macs are getting hit pretty hard lately. ;)
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2012, 04:28:10 PM »
Quote from: Thor on May 01, 2012, 04:12:44 PM
Just remember that macs are no longer "bullet-proof" when it comes to malware, viruses, etc. macs are getting hit pretty hard lately. ;)

Yes, that is true. With them becoming more popular, you will find more people trying to breach them.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2012, 11:20:48 AM »
I finished with the Windows 7 updates. Now I am doing Office 2007 and MS Project updates.  :jerkit:

Then I get to install some Adobe software and update that as well.  :banghead:

I think when I am done it will have been about 200 updates.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2012, 11:23:06 AM »
It will be finished when you have no more room left on your hard drive.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2012, 11:25:20 AM »
Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on May 02, 2012, 11:20:48 AM
I finished with the Windows 7 updates. Now I am doing Office 2007 and MS Project updates.  :jerkit:

Then I get to install some Adobe software and update that as well.  :banghead:

I think when I am done it will have been about 200 updates.

Why not use office 2010? What Abobe are you using? Creative Suite 5? That is what I use. They have Creative Suite 6 out now. I'm not updating for a while though. I am happy with CS5
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2012, 12:35:49 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on May 02, 2012, 11:25:20 AM
Why not use office 2010? What Abobe are you using? Creative Suite 5? That is what I use. They have Creative Suite 6 out now. I'm not updating for a while though. I am happy with CS5
I have the license for 2007 and the end user is a dick. The adobe software is probably going to be Acrobat, framemaker and Illustrator.
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Re: Windows 7 updates, will it ever end?
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2012, 04:48:39 PM »
Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on May 02, 2012, 12:35:49 PM
I have the license for 2007 and the end user is a dick. The adobe software is probably going to be Acrobat, framemaker and Illustrator.

I can definitely understand that. I mainly use Photoshop, it is a great program. The thing I wish they would do with office 2010 is make it compatible with Google Calendar. I hate live calendar and live mail.
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