Re: Windows XP

[suredata]

David,   Don't know the answer to #1.   About #2:  I disabled auto updates completely, update drivers only when needed, and go to the vendor's site (not the MS site) for the current device drivers or patches.  I also go to vendors' sites every now and then to find out about newly released drivers and download any new ones.   You normally don't need to update drivers, unless you have a problem.  For example, I discovered last week that my EasyDisk was giving me half the 16 MB storage space.  I reformatted Easydisk and discovered it formatting terminated half way.  In other words, formatting did not correct the problem.  Norton Disk Doctor revealed three huge files (combined size was close to 8 MB) whose names were mad up of strange symbols.  Norton could not correct the problem either.  I went to the EasyDisk site and found out that my CD burner software was known to cause this problem, and the suggested solution is to update to the current version of the burner software.  I went to Roxio's site to perform the update.  This solved my EasyDisk problem.   I guess you would know when to update device drivers or patches when you encounter problems similar to mine.  Making periodic visits to vendors' sites is perhaps a good thing to do to ensure that you have the current drivers or patches.   Stan Loo     ----- Original Message ----- From: David Blocker To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:12 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP Thanks Dan!   I noticed that it says it will notify you when it has downloaded and then notify when it's going to install.   Two questions: 1. Can you STOP it from installing the update when it says it's time? 2. How do you know which updates make sense and which don't?   David Blocker   David Blocker   ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Goldberg To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: RE: Windows XP Right click on "My Computer". Go to "Properties". Go to the "Automatic updates" tab. Change it to "notify me" if you just want to be notified.   Dan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Blocker Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 6:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Windows XP Stan   Can you point me in the right direction - where in the maze of options in XP is the option to enable / disable automatic updates?   David Blocker   ----- Original Message ----- From: suredata To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:22 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP Nothing but positive experience.  Go for it.   However, to avoid Win XP from crashing mysteriously, disable automatic updates.  You would be interested in the following advice found in a recent issue of Channel Business.   "The culprits seem to be the plethora of security updates that have been issued to Windows XP, almost on a daily basis.  Some of those update are known to cause driver problems and cause devices to become unstable, potentially crashing the machine.  The best advice is to turn off automatic updates and do everything manually, only upgrading those patches you need (instead of every one, whether it affects you or not)."   Stan Loo   ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Strickland To: Rbase List Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:26 PM Subject: Windows XP I am considering upgrading the Windows XP and this upgrade is questionable as it relates to Rbase.  What kind of experience has anyone had with Rbase and Windows XP?  Good or bad.  Thank you.   Benjamin Strickland