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Re: Windows updates killed my wireless!!!

 
 
Mark
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      05-20-2009
starfire151 wrote:
> Here's a warning to all of you who blindly follow Microsoft's update
> policy...
>
> I have a Windows Vista machine with nothing else on it. I don't even run it
> most of the time. About once a week I turn it on to make sure the latest
> virus updates and Windows updates are applied.
>
> The machine booted as normal and re-established a network connection to my
> wireless network. It saw that updates were needed and completed to updates
> as normal. The machine would not even shut down. It froze. You can say
> what you want about the Apple-PC advertisements... as far as freezing goes,
> Apple was dead-on! It took a forced shutdown to shut the machine off. I
> started it again and it can't even find the wireless network now.
>
> Vista is a piece of crap!!!
>
>
> Dave
>
>

You mean blindly follow AUTOMATIC updates. Pity the fool.
Say what you will about Vista, I've used it since the day it was
released. It's been no picnic but I don't mind a challenge now and then.
And, unlike previous versions of Windows, I've never had to reload Vista.

But if you do get a bad update, just roll it back.

Mark

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