Bob W wrote: > > > > > Ugh - every time I get on the computer the little window > > pops up > > I just "x'ed" out of it - I dont' even know how to set it on > > auto update > > but auto anything always worries me. > > > > I guess I've seen too many people on AOL badgered by pop-ups > > - I used to have > > an AOL account as a back-up - GAWD was that awful. > > > > I'd like to be able to tell the difference between security > > updates and > > silly fancy stuff I dont want, though. > > > > Hi Ann, > > you must be careful not to put yourself into the worst of all worlds. > > You admit to knowing very little about using the operating system (and > there's no real reason why you should know it in much detail), yet you > are not using the facilities which are designed for people in your > position. > > If you don't use auto-updates then you must either leave your system > un-updated and therefore increasingly vulnerable, or you must go to > the update site yourself and decide for yourself which updates to take > - but as you say above you can't tell the difference between the > useful stuff and the rubbish. In other words, you're leaving the whole > thing to the will of fate. > > This is like somebody running a car who doesn't know anything about > motor maintenance saying they won't put oil and water in it because > they've seen too many people pour them into the wrong tanks.
that was before Jiffy-Lube, Bob. :) > - If I use the auto stuff I don't have to think about it at all - that's a plus, but if the UPDATES change the way I use the computer, I dont' want them. If all the updates that are automatic are about security, I'm fine with that. But you will forgive me if I have gotten a new computer and within two days I'm getting a message that I should "update" the system. I won't really be on my new server until tomorrow. I just really hate what the internet has become - another form of "entertainment" peppered with commercials ad nauseum. Sadly, I have to use it or I'd really be out on the street with a shopping cart. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
