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Offline kasperl

Microsoft offering free CD of Windows Updates
Reply #20 on: April 26, 2004, 12:27:50 pm
yeah, i once got my hands on a PC that hadn't been updated for 2 years. and that was a winME PC. And then the owner asked why it was crashing and doing odd stuff.

and don't start about even having a virusscanner either....


that, and doing anything in the OS itsself is a lot more visible then simply keeping logs from submitted info.
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

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Offline ZylonBane

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Microsoft offering free CD of Windows Updates
Reply #21 on: April 26, 2004, 01:11:12 pm
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Originally posted by kasperl
yeah, i once got my hands on a PC that hadn't been updated for 2 years. and that was a winME PC. And then the owner asked why it was crashing and doing odd stuff.
Because it's running WinME, dur.
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Offline Xelion

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Microsoft offering free CD of Windows Updates
Reply #22 on: April 26, 2004, 11:00:54 pm
Presumably there doing this to
[list=1]
  • Save money
  • Save even more money
  • They will be taking down all updates and replacing them with XP SP2 eventually very soon
  • WHY? Because bandwidth consumption is exceedingly expensive
  • And In preparation of the next Win OS they want to reduce the mistakes they have run into in the past
    • [/list=1]

    Makes sense doesn't it...:nod:
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