I will comment that in general, I fully agree, HOWEVER, I have a Compaq desktop running Win98SE, that was a blazing machine when I bought it about 1-1-2000. Shortly after that, M$ did some updates (which I accepted) which had a disastrous effect on the computer. I did a reformat and started over, being slow and selective about which updates I accepted. Windows Media Player updates would automatically lock up the computer, and once I identified that, I was able to uninstall and live with the thing. Over the years I have tried several times to update the Media Player, and the result is always the same.
Not a "I heard such and such", this specifically happened to me, to my specific computer, and I still have and use it sometimes. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: PCWorks: Strange virus > No MS update has ever broken my PC. No MS update has ever broken the PC of > anyone I know, or know of. > MS has never "dumped" an update on my PC that I didn't need. MS has never > dumped an update on the PC of anyone I know that they didn't need. > It's too bad, and possibly counter-productive that otherwise knowledgable > people make these patently false and alarming statements. > SP2 willl doubtless cause a problem or two, but it's mostly about security, > which is good for all of us. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
