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From: David Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pcworks@imagicomm.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:07 AM
Subject: RE: PCWorks: User32.DLL - RTHDCPL.EXE - HHCTRL.OCX
Thank you, Ben. I'll leave the patch installed for now, as you suggested.
However, every time I
I will NEVER install another M$ update for hardware. 3 times
I've done it, and each time met with disastrous results. (An
update for my ATI AIW card, integrated Intel Gigabit NIC, and
SoundMax integrated audio). You'd think these idiots would
CHECK updates before they release them. Now I
Clint, the new ani cursor patch was what broke the Realtek software. There
really wasn't much of a choice but to install it. I posted a url for the
hotfix for security update last night but it never came through to the list.
I must have used some proscribed word. The hotfix installs a new
Yes, that update was a disaster, and I can't thank Ben Moore enough for his
help.
Now, the big question. Clint is right about the potential for serious
problems with Microsoft hardware updates, but on the other hand, the patches
do close security holes.
That leads to the following questions to
Hello, Graham,
Ben Moore posted a different link for the patch for the patch. I used his
link, and it fixed the problem.
Is there any way of knowing whether this Microsoft hotfix is the same?
I assume that there is no reason to use this link as well as the other one.
If it ain't broke (any
IMO, auto updates should never be on. I want CONTROL over my
PC's, and I do NOT need M$ hand-holding and letting THEM
decide what I need (which is everything according to them).
The majority of patches are not even needed if you use a
firewall, or if the affected Service is turned off.
They are the same thing, David.
MS only installs critical updates automatically, never hardware/driver
updates. But I still have my updates set to tell me when updates are
available. I never let MS install anything automatically.
Ben Moore
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If it's been a long time since you installed the OS, then a
reformat would speed things up. Diagnostic programs frequently
report erroneous info.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
How you defrag the hard drive affects speed as well. By defragmenting
the Master File Table or MFT a computer can recover much of it's
original speed.
PerfectDisk http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/ has a 30 day
free trial and can defrag the MFT and the paging file (swap space).
Both Ben and Clint set Windows Update to tell them when to install updates,
but not to do it automatically.
I turned it off now (a perfect example of locking the barn door after the
horse is gone).\
Can anybody - anybody - anybody on the group present an opposing argument -
to allow Microsoft to
Thank you, Ben and Clint.
I've certainly learned a lot - and I very much appreciate your assistance.
David Grossman
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= PCWorks
Pagedefrag is free (and a good product too) but doesn't defrag the MFT.
Peter Kaulback
Clint - OrpheusComputing.com ComputersCustomBuilt.com wrote:
I use this one, it's free.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/PageDefrag.mspx
-Clint
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I keep Windows update turned on,and allow auto updates because it's
safer that way. There's no doubt that MS screws up once in a while, and
that hardware updates should be carefully examined, but I've found that
most users would never update their systems at all otherwise.
For most people,
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