Deleting update history making sense?

Going completely desperate over another problem (computer freezes when
playing games from DVD - check in 'Windows General' if you think you have the
answer) I was thinking (and apologize if it's silly): could it be that
Windows update doesn't update something that should be updated because the
update history says it already has been updated? There are two reasons
leading me to this thought: firstly, when I did a dxdiag check and had a look
at it I found that Soundblaster Live was listed as my sound device (a device
I had a year ago and which is now working perfectly in my wife's computer)
and though I corrected this is stunned me. And secondly: if I check various
drivers in Device Manager I find drivers dating from 2001 like the ACPI
Multiprocessor under 'Computer', the driver for my hard drive and some
others. Can it really be that there has been no change since 2001? Have
Multiprocessors been around in 2001 or do I misunderstand the definition and
it actually has nothing to do with Core2 technology?
If I gave myself away as a complete greenhorn when it comes to computers so
be it - I still could use some help PLEEEEASE. Thanks.

In short, no.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Wish I was diving wrote:
> Going completely desperate over another problem (computer freezes when
> playing games from DVD - check in 'Windows General' if you think you have
> the answer) I was thinking (and apologize if it's silly): could it be that
> Windows update doesn't update something that should be updated because the
> update history says it already has been updated? There are two reasons
> leading me to this thought: firstly, when I did a dxdiag check and had a
> look at it I found that Soundblaster Live was listed as my sound device (a
> device I had a year ago and which is now working perfectly in my wife's
> computer) and though I corrected this is stunned me. And secondly: if I
> check various drivers in Device Manager I find drivers dating from 2001
> like the ACPI Multiprocessor under 'Computer', the driver for my hard
> drive
> and some others. Can it really be that there has been no change since
> 2001?
> Have Multiprocessors been around in 2001 or do I misunderstand the
> definition and it actually has nothing to do with Core2 technology?
> If I gave myself away as a complete greenhorn when it comes to computers
> so
> be it - I still could use some help PLEEEEASE. Thanks.