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25 Optional Windows Updates
I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me.
They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? Thanks. |
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25 Optional Windows Updates
Alek wrote:
I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? You can trying Googling the KB number. -- - Could he be a clone? - No. Evil like that is spawned. |
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25 Optional Windows Updates
Am 26.04.2015 um 20:09 schrieb Auric__:
Alek wrote: I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? You can trying Googling the KB number. New computer with Windows 8.1 last Wednesday. I had selected "Install only important updates" and also installed Firefox, Thunderbird and MS Office with a regular product key. Nothing else. On Thursday I experienced an eternal loop. After two hours I had not even got to the start screen. No boot at all. The only solution I found with another computer was restarting, going into secure mode and choosing a restore point from Wednesday. Then I had the "pleasure" of spending half a day reinstalling those programs with their relevant settings, including all bookmarks, e-mails etc. from the last ten years. So I reverted to what I did with Win XP. Never update, only service packs when really unavoidable. I read somewhere on the Web that last Tuesday's Windows updates were somehow crappy. Look for such pieces of information and tell us if I was just extremely unlucky. |
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25 Optional Windows Updates
"Alek" wrote in message ... I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? Thanks. http://www.zdnet.com/article/this-mo...-all-optional/ |
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25 Optional Windows Updates
On 4/26/2015 3:12 PM, Jonas Klein wrote:
Am 26.04.2015 um 20:09 schrieb Auric__: Alek wrote: I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? You can trying Googling the KB number. New computer with Windows 8.1 last Wednesday. I had selected "Install only important updates" and also installed Firefox, Thunderbird and MS Office with a regular product key. Nothing else. On Thursday I experienced an eternal loop. After two hours I had not even got to the start screen. No boot at all. The only solution I found with another computer was restarting, going into secure mode and choosing a restore point from Wednesday. Then I had the "pleasure" of spending half a day reinstalling those programs with their relevant settings, including all bookmarks, e-mails etc. from the last ten years. So I reverted to what I did with Win XP. Never update, only service packs when really unavoidable. I read somewhere on the Web that last Tuesday's Windows updates were somehow crappy. Look for such pieces of information and tell us if I was just extremely unlucky. If an update is offered, it should be installed. If you have properly maintained your computer and updated the all the programs as updates are offered you should have no problems. You are not in a position to judge the ultimate effects of the upgrade. What you don't know can hurt you. |
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25 Optional Windows Updates
Jonas Klein wrote on 4/26/2015 3:12 PM:
Am 26.04.2015 um 20:09 schrieb Auric__: Alek wrote: I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? You can trying Googling the KB number. New computer with Windows 8.1 last Wednesday. I had selected "Install only important updates" and also installed Firefox, Thunderbird and MS Office with a regular product key. Nothing else. On Thursday I experienced an eternal loop. After two hours I had not even got to the start screen. No boot at all. The only solution I found with another computer was restarting, going into secure mode and choosing a restore point from Wednesday. Then I had the "pleasure" of spending half a day reinstalling those programs with their relevant settings, including all bookmarks, e-mails etc. from the last ten years. So I reverted to what I did with Win XP. Never update, only service packs when really unavoidable. I read somewhere on the Web that last Tuesday's Windows updates were somehow crappy. Look for such pieces of information and tell us if I was just extremely unlucky. I've always installed recommended updates. Never had an issue. To Alek: I just click on the link and look at the kb article. I've seen stupid things like 'solves remote desktop yada yada' things. I just hide them at that point so I don't have to wade through them again. |
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Big_Al wrote on 4/26/2015 4:57 PM:
Jonas Klein wrote on 4/26/2015 3:12 PM: Am 26.04.2015 um 20:09 schrieb Auric__: Alek wrote: I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? You can trying Googling the KB number. New computer with Windows 8.1 last Wednesday. I had selected "Install only important updates" and also installed Firefox, Thunderbird and MS Office with a regular product key. Nothing else. On Thursday I experienced an eternal loop. After two hours I had not even got to the start screen. No boot at all. The only solution I found with another computer was restarting, going into secure mode and choosing a restore point from Wednesday. Then I had the "pleasure" of spending half a day reinstalling those programs with their relevant settings, including all bookmarks, e-mails etc. from the last ten years. So I reverted to what I did with Win XP. Never update, only service packs when really unavoidable. I read somewhere on the Web that last Tuesday's Windows updates were somehow crappy. Look for such pieces of information and tell us if I was just extremely unlucky. I've always installed recommended updates. Never had an issue. To Alek: I just click on the link and look at the kb article. I've seen stupid things like 'solves remote desktop yada yada' things. I just hide them at that point so I don't have to wade through them again. Wow, you're right that's more than the 2 or 3 I normally see. Still some of these are items I don't want/need and one even cautions that if you load language packs afterwards the patch is broken. They're optional... forget them is my resolution. |
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Big_Al wrote on 4/26/2015 4:57 PM:
I've always installed recommended updates. Never had an issue. To Alek: I just click on the link and look at the kb article. I've seen stupid things like 'solves remote desktop yada yada' things. I just hide them at that point so I don't have to wade through them again. I would do that, but reading 25 KB articles somehow doesn't seem like a fun use of my time. :-) |
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Alek wrote:
I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? Thanks. If the April update the only one that should be cautionary is 3038314 IE's cumulative update. - If you use or plan to use and configure additional Search Providers besides Bing (e.g. Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Youtube, etc.) it is necessary to install those additional add-ons and accelerators prior to installing 3038314. If not done in advance prior to installing the update that option will no longer be available. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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25 Optional Windows Updates
Alek wrote:
I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? Thanks. The question is have you noticed any visible problems with you daily use of weindows 8.1. If not you won't need to install them. if you have install and try. Regardless of the OS who really knows if an update will improve the OS Example i still use windows 7. in virtualbox. It does every thing i want it too. I have windows 8.1 it does every thing i want it to do. See my point. |
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Am 26.04.2015 um 21:52 schrieb Keith Nuttle:
On 4/26/2015 3:12 PM, Jonas Klein wrote: Am 26.04.2015 um 20:09 schrieb Auric__: Alek wrote: I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? You can trying Googling the KB number. New computer with Windows 8.1 last Wednesday. I had selected "Install only important updates" and also installed Firefox, Thunderbird and MS Office with a regular product key. Nothing else. On Thursday I experienced an eternal loop. After two hours I had not even got to the start screen. No boot at all. The only solution I found with another computer was restarting, going into secure mode and choosing a restore point from Wednesday. Then I had the "pleasure" of spending half a day reinstalling those programs with their relevant settings, including all bookmarks, e-mails etc. from the last ten years. So I reverted to what I did with Win XP. Never update, only service packs when really unavoidable. I read somewhere on the Web that last Tuesday's Windows updates were somehow crappy. Look for such pieces of information and tell us if I was just extremely unlucky. If an update is offered, it should be installed. If you have properly maintained your computer and updated the all the programs as updates are offered you should have no problems. Perhaps you missed a point. My computer was brand new, out of the box. Which maintenance am I supposed to do on Thursday on a computer which was started for the very first time on Wednedsay??? |
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25 Optional Windows Updates
Jonas Klein wrote:
Am 26.04.2015 um 21:52 schrieb Keith Nuttle: On 4/26/2015 3:12 PM, Jonas Klein wrote: Am 26.04.2015 um 20:09 schrieb Auric__: Alek wrote: I have 25 optional Windows updates staring at me. They all say stuff like, Recommended Update Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. yada yada yada. Other than visiting each KB page, is there any way to determine whether or not installing any or all of these is a reasonable thing to do? You can trying Googling the KB number. New computer with Windows 8.1 last Wednesday. I had selected "Install only important updates" and also installed Firefox, Thunderbird and MS Office with a regular product key. Nothing else. On Thursday I experienced an eternal loop. After two hours I had not even got to the start screen. No boot at all. The only solution I found with another computer was restarting, going into secure mode and choosing a restore point from Wednesday. Then I had the "pleasure" of spending half a day reinstalling those programs with their relevant settings, including all bookmarks, e-mails etc. from the last ten years. So I reverted to what I did with Win XP. Never update, only service packs when really unavoidable. I read somewhere on the Web that last Tuesday's Windows updates were somehow crappy. Look for such pieces of information and tell us if I was just extremely unlucky. If an update is offered, it should be installed. If you have properly maintained your computer and updated the all the programs as updates are offered you should have no problems. Perhaps you missed a point. My computer was brand new, out of the box. Which maintenance am I supposed to do on Thursday on a computer which was started for the very first time on Wednedsay??? Every item in Windows Update comes with a description. Many of the updates will be for security purposes (to prevent certain exploits from happening). Some updates are "optional". They are functionality fixes for obscure situations. For example, maybe one of the updates was Romanian Daylight Savings Zone definition. If you were Romanian and saw that optional update, you would be very interested. The rest of us, not so much. Windows Update also offers hardware driver updates. *Do not* accept or apply Windows Update hardware drivers. They are poorly curated and cause problems. The hardware manufacturer is the best source of files for such purposes, and only as a means of fixing a defect in the driver. (For example, if your Wifi is dropping out, maybe a driver update will fix it.) So yes, there are bound to be items available on Thursday, for a Wednesday computer, that should be applied. Just not the Time Zone update that hardly anyone cares about. Some of the optional ones, can include things like security certificates. If a certificate provider has been hacked, and their certificates are no longer valid, you may want to include such an update so you don't inadvertently rely on bad certificates. Paul |
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"Alek" wrote in message ... Big_Al wrote on 4/26/2015 4:57 PM: I've always installed recommended updates. Never had an issue. To Alek: I just click on the link and look at the kb article. I've seen stupid things like 'solves remote desktop yada yada' things. I just hide them at that point so I don't have to wade through them again. I would do that, but reading 25 KB articles somehow doesn't seem like a fun use of my time. :-) You don't have to read the whole KB. In most cases, the title and the first two or three lines will tell you if you need to install it. I just did that yesterday with the 20 optional updates I was offered. Out of the 20, 4 concerned my hardware and installed software, 3 were "maybe", and 13 I hid so I don't get asked about them again. Took me maybe 15-20 minutes of research (click "More Information") to determine that, and maybe 10-15 minutes to install the 7 selected and reboot. No troubles so far :-) -- SC Tom |
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