11-19-2005, 02:39 PM
Sinner!
That has got to be the #1 mistake I see on new computers. NEVER, EVER, under ANY circumstances, trust Windows to update your hardware. ALWAYS go directly to the manufacturer's site, download the drivers directly, and install them yourself. You will SORELY regret it if you don't.
Hardware "drivers" from Windows Update are notorious for not only being out-of-date, but riddled with problems. Most manufacturer's will even tell you not to use Windows Update to update Hardware. Believe it or not, sometimes it will try to update your existing driver with an OLDER version! And yet it says it's new!
Please, PLEASE people - don't use Windows Update for ANYTHING other than critical updates. It's just not smart computing.
Oh, and BTW DeeBye - yes, you were being way overly paranoid. Unless a virus was embedded on the actual Windows XP install disk, there is virtually no way for you to have contracted a virus, trojan, etc. without explicitly looking for one. And Windows XP has a built-in firewall that is on by default.
DeeBye,Nov 17 2005, 01:43 AM Wrote:The first thing I did was hit Windows Update. 31 critical updates. I am glad I am not on dialup. After rebooting I hit Windows Update for hardware updates. It supplied me with the correct updated sound, video, and network card updates.
That has got to be the #1 mistake I see on new computers. NEVER, EVER, under ANY circumstances, trust Windows to update your hardware. ALWAYS go directly to the manufacturer's site, download the drivers directly, and install them yourself. You will SORELY regret it if you don't.
Hardware "drivers" from Windows Update are notorious for not only being out-of-date, but riddled with problems. Most manufacturer's will even tell you not to use Windows Update to update Hardware. Believe it or not, sometimes it will try to update your existing driver with an OLDER version! And yet it says it's new!
Please, PLEASE people - don't use Windows Update for ANYTHING other than critical updates. It's just not smart computing.
Oh, and BTW DeeBye - yes, you were being way overly paranoid. Unless a virus was embedded on the actual Windows XP install disk, there is virtually no way for you to have contracted a virus, trojan, etc. without explicitly looking for one. And Windows XP has a built-in firewall that is on by default.
Roland *The Gunslinger*