Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy) Walter, Live update does not "push" updates on you unless you allow it too. Just change the settings in the security panel to notify me when there are updates. Also, they publish articles detailing the changes etc so you can see if you want to apply them. If what i remember you said happened, it was a dell machine, and an update issue with a dell setup. Mine went fine. Though I did not notice a major increase in speed either. The thing is to check with dell about any issues with the service packs in particular and to always have a backup. A daily rotating backup works the best, but a monthly is good too. Noel N.Y. RUSSELL
Office Coffee Service "Java Powered Service" -----Original Message----- From: Walter Knopf Sent: Mon, 19 May 2008 01:57:06 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy) Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy)MS is not known to be very forthcoming about potential update problems. They push the automatic update, which happens without your consent, so you never get to read what the update is about I have a love/hate relationship with them. They are very generous publishing code and making developer tools available, but their business office seems to distrust all publishers and keeps a very close reign on potential problems. Also, their EULA and other notices to customers are so verbose your eyes glaze over before you are finished. Just a comment from a normal user without a lawyer... Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: Noel Russell To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy) One should always read the microsoft info before installing any updates. Noel N.Y. RUSSELL Office Coffee Service "Java Powered Service" -----Original Message----- From: Walter Knopf Sent: Sun, 18 May 2008 13:16:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy) Oh my goodness, you actually installed SP3 on XP? I wait at least 3 months (or until the dust settles) to apply a major upgrade to the OS. I go by the philosophy that if it ain't broke don't fix it, or as we jokingly say "Quality is job 1.01 at MS". Some experts tracked down the culprit, apparently HP/Q shipped all their machines with a driver for the Intel chip that has a problem with SP3 if your machine has an AMD CPU (there is an AMD driver available). http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/12/Microsoft-faults-OEMs-for-some-XP-SP3-endless-reboots_1.html Walter _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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