With regard to question one, this is why I love Linux! I said that just
to piss off Alex. But if you are getting a new laptop it's likely to
have Windows 8.1 unless you have specifically ordered one with Windows 7
on it. Theoretically if you bought one with 7 then it should be a newer
build and thus updated and will only need ones since the version of 7
was built. Same for Windows 8.1.
And as rich as Microsoft is you'd think they'd have faster update
servers. Many of the updates are less than 50 MB and many much, much
smaller than that.
On 04/14/2015 03:39 PM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
With regard to the second question, you can go ahead and delete the
update files in your download folder after you've run the updates.
Dunno what to say about the first question, because I buy new
computers seldom enough that I'm always getting a newer version of
Windows when I do buy one. But, when I wipe a system and reload
Windows, there's always an assload of Windows updates to run.
---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote :
I am illiterate as regards modern technology (and sneakily proud of
the fact - the way your granny affected ignorance of the Beatles!).
Can someone answer two simple questions I have?
Periodically, I get messages which instruct me not to turn off my
laptop as Windows is "installing updates". So far, so simple. My query
is: given that I've now had a significant, large number of updates on
my current laptop, does this mean that if I were to buy a brand-new
laptop I'd have to go through the same rigmarole of installing those
very same updates all over again - or does the uploader up there in
Cloud cuckooland simply update one kick-arse mega-program that
includes all the revisions since Windows 7 (or what-have-you) was
originally installed on the computer I'm buying?
The other question I have is this: when I get updates for other
programs (Java say) which I download to my Download folder (duh!) and
I then run the download program to get the update up and running, can
I then delete the original downloaded file sitting in my Download
folder as it is no longer needed - or would that have catastrophic
consequences?
Is that at all clear? Let me know if you need clarification!
Thanks in advance.
